Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
FULBRIGHT
Allies Told to Help
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Germany in any circumstances,
the Senator said the question
does not arise now. Such weap-
ons should be withheld from
West Germany Ii there is a
reasonable prospect Of progress
in reaching some kind of an
acceptable agreement with the
Russians, he said.
Il think you cannot be dog
matte" he said. "Supposing
things get much worse than
they are now, and we become
much more anxious because the
Russians might be planning to
move by force across Western
Europe, If they should violate
the independence of any of
our important allies-then you
reach a different conclusion. 1t
giving atomic weapons to West
Germany depends on how
much worse things get, and
how serious the people in
charge of our affairs at the
time judge it to be-"
Senator Fulbright then en-
phasized he was not speaking
for the United States Govern
ment, or outlining any official
policy.
Senator Fulbright refused to
be pinned down on a question
as to whether, in negotiating
with the Russians, the United
States might use the possibil-
ity of giving nuclear weapons
to West Germany as a bargain
ing point.
II did not say that" he said.
But I do think the prospect
that West Germany might get
atomic weapons is a matter of
legitimate concern to the Rus
slams"
Wouldn't stress Move
But it is a mistake, he added,
to place too much stress on the
possibility Of giving nuclear
weapons to West Germany. He
said he did not want to give
an impression that West Ger
mans are particularly untrust-
worthy"
The Senator did not elabo-
rate on his belief that the
United States and the West
had made mistakes in their
handling of the Berlin crisis.
Senator Fulbright will return
to the United States Monday
His chief purpose here was to
attend deliberations Of the
Commonwealth Conference,
wrestling with the question OF
whether Britain should join the
European Common Market. It
is an issue which has placed
some strains on Commonwealth
relations. and the Senator went
out Of his way to emphasize
that the United States had not
tried to influence Britain in
reaching a decision. But he did
not conceal his own hope that
Britain would join the CONT
mental economic community.
Asks Help With Load
In an address to the confer
ence in the House Of Commons
he warned Commonwealth and
other free nations against ex-
pecting the United States to
carry more than its share of
the burden of preserving free
dom. The United States. he
said, is carrying too great a
load.
I'VE ask you to help, not to
prepare for nuclear war. but
to help us to prevent nuclear
war" he declared.
The United States, he went
on. lis able and willing to
bear its just share of the
burden of free world security,
but it cannot accept a dispro-
portionate share when other
nations, with equally as much
at stake. are reluctant to beaS
responsibilities commensurate
with their strength"
He hailed Britain's decision
to seek entry into the Euro
pean Common Market, say
ing:
The single most encourag-
ing trend in recent years to-
ward the strengthening of the
free world is the movement to-
ward European unification and
the single most important
event within that trend is the
decision of the United King
dom to seek admission to the
European economic commu-
nifty"
Only Britain has the expert
ence and political maturity
needed to lead Europe into a
new era, he said.
Without Britain there can
be little doubt that West Ger