Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-09
Brondt Sees US. soIidIy Behind
West Berlin Resistance to Reds

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BERLIN, Oct. 9 (AP3.-west
Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt said
today the American people are
solidly backing their govern
ment's determination to keep
West Berlin free.
Reporting on his two-day
visit to New York, Mr.. Brandt
emphasized that rarely has the
United States Government COM
mitted itself SO irrevocably than
on the issue of freedom Of West
Berlin"
Americans are determined to
defend West Berlin because
they know that Berlin isn't
the only issue at stake" he
told q news conference He said
Americans asa whOle--the men
in the street he met-are
"selidly behind the United
States Governments deter.
mined stand on Berlin"
While in New York to re-
ceive a Freedom House award,
Mr.. Brandt also talked with
President Kennedy on the tele-
phone. He refused to give de-
tails of their conversation, say
ing they had ian exchange Of
Thoughts and the President
congratulated him on the
speech he delivered when he
received the award. 49,
Brandt Critical
Mr.. Brandt was critical of
The many voices now express
ing views on Berlin and Ger
many The disclosure of pos
sible western concessions in
Berlin weakens the Western
position at the conference ia
BILE with the Soviets, the Mayor
declared.
The official East German
news agency Adm commended
Mr.. Brandt's visit to New York
was q failure. The agency said
he had sought support for a
stronger policy directed
against the peaceful settlement
Of the German and West Berlin
questions" and that he failed.
Communist border police
showed fresh helligerence last
night by firing on four West
Berliners after feigning an es-
cape attempt. Two of the West
Berliners were believed cap
tured by the phony maneuver.
The other two escaped unhurt.
The two who got away said
they were lured to the barbed-
wire barricade in a wooded
area of the American sector by
Red Guards who gave the i'm
preston they wanted to flee to
the West. When the West Ber-
liners tried to open a gap in ,
the fence, the guards opened
fire.
Senators ReaSSuring l,
Seeking TO quiet press criti-
cism of the replacement of
United States combat troops
along the East Berlin wall by
military policemen, the United
States command in Berlin said Z
the police were Experienced {
specialists" in border duty, re- I
placing younger and relatively
less experienced combat troops. n
Our combat troops are al /
ways on the alert" a United
States spokesman said. If I
necessary theY can be brought
to any point Of the border with q
in a few minutes I
Two visiting United States
Senators had reasSuring words
for the West Berliners.
Senator Humphrey. Demo- t
crat of Minnesota, told them I
West Berlin would emerge n
from the present crisis with {
its freedom mot only guaran-
teed but strengthened"
Senator Javits, Republican
Of New York. said United >
States policy remained Ito =
honor to the letter our COM
mitmentS on the security and r
freedom of Berlin, on the nom r
recognition of the East Ger s
man regime and on not max
ing the Bonn government deal
with that regime"
East Berliners we're told by /
visiting Soviet First Deputy
Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan 8
that the West German govern ,
ment will have to recognize the =
Communist East German re-
gime.
Bonn will be forced to &C )
cept it by reality" he declared.
Bonn wants to save face, al
though it lost it long ago."
Mr.. Mikoyan said that Mos {
COW is mot in a hurry. but {
now we do not want to delay
the conclusion of a (German) {
peace treaty any longer" Al
though Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev previously warned the
West he intended to sign a {