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there were no diSagreementS
between Mr.. Adenauer and Mr..
Kennedy on fundamental issues.
Both men are agreed that the
interests of the West require
the continued presence of
United States and British
troops in West Berlin.
They also agree that West
Berlin'S access routes to West
Germany across Communist
East Germany must be kept
open, and they consider work.
able ties between West Berlin
and West Germany essential
to the city's survival.
The points of difference lie
just beyond these agreed fund
amentals:
/. Mr.. Adenauer insisted last
week that the Soviet govern
ment must agree to destroy the
wall built by East Germany to
seal off East Berlin from West
Berlin. The Kennedy admins
tration is known to favor de-
manding that Russia destroy
the barrier, but officials do not
think there is any chance So
Wet Premier Khrushchev will
agree. They do not want to
make removal of the wall an
absolute requirement Of a
Western-Soviet Berlin settle
ment package.
2. There is strong pressure
in West Germany to strengthen
the ties between West Berlin
and the German government at
Bonn. Some West German Of
ficials favor treating West Ber-
lin as another West German
state in spite of the separation
by ITO miles of East German
territory. Kennedy administra-
ton officials do not regard this
as a practical possibility in ne
gotiations with Russia, al
though they agree that West
Berlin must have strong and
healthy economic relations with
West Germany and they aim
at preserving the political link.
3. Another problem is that
of contacts between West Ger
many and Communist East
Germany. None of the Western
powers recognizes East Ger
many. The United States has
been reported favoring the
modification of Western atti-
tudeS on this point to the ex-
tent of making practical ar
rangements with East German
authorities for operation of the
supply line and perhaps in
other fields as part of a gen.
eral Berlin settlement. West
Germany has made trade
agreements with East Germany
over the years but has been
reluctant to take any step
which seemed to suggest recog-
milton of the Red regime.
UnresOlved Question
4. Still another issue turns
on the question of what to do
about the long range Western
aim of German reunification.
Mr.. Adenauer is reported to
believe it is vitality important
for the West to press Russia
once more to agree that the
ultimate future of Berlin lies
in becoming the capital of a
united Germany.
5. There is an unresolved
question, officials said, as to
whether the formula for nego-
tiations with the Russians
should be broad or narrow. The
difference between the two con-
.cepts apparently lies in issues
which might be taken up in
an EaSt-West conference on
Berlin and German problems
and which lie in the field of
European security. Mr.. Ade-
nauer is believed to favor lin
iting the negotiations to i'm
mediate Berlin and German
questions because he is opposed
to creating any kind of zone
OF arms control which would
provide for thinning out West
ern and Communist forces in
Germany. He feels that such
questions should properly be
treated as disarmament issues
and not as issue related to Ber-
lin.
Mr.. Adenauer is scheduled to
leave Washington Wednesday
evening. His last meeting with
Mr.. Kennedy may be either late
Tuesday or Wednesday morn
ing. A communique on the re-
suits of the conferences will
be issued after the final ses-
sim nffininlc rnid