Evening star., 1962-08-23

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thoritieS will refuse to deal
with the East German COM
mandant in East Berlin.
A three power statement, eX-
pressing official views of the
United States. Great Britain
and France on the latest Berlin
developments, was being draft
ed by an allied working group
in the State Department.
At Work On Statement
1t was expected to be re-
leased sometime today, but Of
ficials could not indicate def
nitely when it would receive
full allied concurrence.
Representatives of the Brit
ish and French Embassies here
Joined American officials in
working on the statement, and
West German representatives
also were taking part, although
West Germany will not join
officially in the allied state
ment.
Mr.. Kennedy said yesterday
assertion of allied rights in
Berlin will be the central theme
of the official response to the
new Communist pressure.
Russian To See RuSk
1t was understood, mean
while. that Soviet Ambassador
Anatoly Dobrynin, who OBJ
tanned an appointment with
Secretary Of State RuSk later
this afternoon, intends to dis
cuss disarmament and the nu-
clear test ban issue with the
Secretary. There were specula-
tions earlier this morning that
the diplomat asked for the ap-
pointment to talk about Berlin.
1t is the virtually unanimous
opinion of United States strate-
giStS that the real purpose of
the Soviet move was to diSaS-
sociate Russia from events on
the Communist side Of the Ber-
lin wall. These reached a tragic
peak last Friday when Com
munist police shot an East
German youth trying to escape
Mr.. Kennedy yesterday in
dorsed an earlier State De-
partment statement asserting
that this country continues to
hold the Soviet Union respon-
sible for carrying out its obliga-
tions in West Berlin.
to West Berlin and let him
bleed to death atop the wall.
A reporter noted at the Pres
ident's press conference that
1.-The Berlin affair seems to be
blowing up toward a cold win
ter of some sort" and that
there are rumorS Mr.. Khru-
shchev may come to the U. N.
this fall. He asked the Presi-
dent if he thought it would be
useful for HIM to have another
talk with the Soviet Premier If
he does show up at the U. N
No Information
Il think it would be unWise ,
TO attempt to make a judg- |
ment," Mr.. Kennedy replied.
II don't know whether he is
coming. We have received no /
information about it,"
He added that Of course if .
Mr.. Khrushchev does come TO
the U. N. II would hope would |
have a chance to talk with .
him."
He hastened to say that he
hopes to see any heads of
government who attend the
U. N. session.
Mr.. Kennedy also was asked
what he thought about a recent
suggestion by former President
Hoover that a council of free
nations be formed to supple
ment the United Nations, to
act when Communist obstruc-
ton prevents the U. N. from
acting.
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Mr.. Kennedy said the United
States and its allies have been
attempting to do that through
NATO, SEATO, the Organiza-
ton of American States and
other allied organizations.
Il think that we could GER
tainly consider means of i'm
proving those agencies" he
said. He added that lit isn't
really a question of a new or
ganization as much as breath
ing new life and a community
spirit into the organizations we
have"
The President told another
questioner he does not think
any moral issue is involved if
a country receiving American
aid engages in business deals
for military or economic pur-
poses with Communist bloc
countries.
He said that on each occasion
this Government has to make
a judgment as to what serves
our interest, whether the
country is attempting to main
tain its freedom, whether the
country is pursuing policies
which are not lnlmlcal to the
long-range interests of the
United States"
Assuming that his questioner
had in mind reports of India
making a deal for some Soviet
jet planes, Mr.. Kennedy said
he understands that matter has
not been settled yet and that
he thinks it is in the American
interest to support India as
long as it tries to maintain it's
freedom because IF it ever
passed behind the Iron Curtain
then I think the cause of
freedom would have been very
adversely affected, not only in
Asia. but all through the under