European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 09, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday october 9, 1967 r will try for shutdown oct. 21 t a Ito study by nato by Lewis Gulick Washington a the French have cautioned their at lactic allies against going to far with studies favouring tighter Alliance teamwork on non military affairs. Foreign minister Mauric Couve de Murville and other French officials were said Satur Day to have taken this position in connection with the newly completed Basic review on modernizing the Alliance for the future. The study proposed by Bel Gium s Pierre Harmel and approved by the Atlantic pact for eign ministers in december 1966is due for presentation to the ministers at their meeting in Brussels this december. Under chairmanship of Man Lio Brosio Secretary general of the North Atlantic treaty organization four subcommittees have finished preliminary draft Sand plan to go Over their work next week at Ditchley views have not been made Public. Deputy under Secretary of state Foy d. Kohler who Heads one of the subgroups Ishmonl those planning to attend the Ditchley session. Nato formed in 1949 As defensive shield against the so Viet threat already has take non a new look with France s withdrawal from the integrate military system and the shift of nato Headquarters from Paris to near Brussels. Despite his withdrawal of France from nato s military Structure French preside Tcharles de Gaulle has not served notice of a pullout fro the treaty itself. The general trend of the har Mel studies so far is said to be in favor of closer knit Allied activities ideas such As coordinating foreign policies on issues like the Middle East a common approach on improving relations with communist East Europe nato drafting of propos als for solving the German problem. Such vigorous suggestions for future Alliance teamwork go beyond the current role of the Alli Ance s top political body the North Atlantic Council an clash with de Gaulle s View of the group As a Loose association of Independent nations. France voted for the har Mel study along with her 14 allies and frenchmen have Saton the subcommittees. But Couve de Murville another gaullist have now indicated concern that the review May be going beyond a Mere academic exercise. They were said to have objected especially to the work of the Harme subgroup headed by Paul Henri Spaak a former nato Secre tary general and belgian for eign minister. Whether the differences be tween France and her allies on the Harmel studies will be thrashed out prior to the Brus Sels conference or will Point to Ward a second nato crisis is not yet Clear. A special commit tee probably to meet in novem Ber will review the Harmel recommendations before passing them on to the foreign minis ters. Pentagon is pickets9 target by Marc hurts a Washington Bureau Washington is trouble is brewing Here Over plans by the National mobilization committee to end the War in Vietnam to shut Down the Pentagon seat of the nation s military establishment on oct. 21.the demonstrators plan to confront the defense depart ment with the largest Antiwar demonstration in the history of Washington and a saturday was chosen because that is a Day when a Large group of demonstrators can be Only about 3,000 of the Pentagon s Normal Force of30,000 military and civilian employees Are on duty on Satur Days defense department spokesmen say they Are concerned about any Effort to interfere with the orderly con ducting of business at the Pentagon in Arlington. For this reason officials Are preparing to take whatever Steps Are necessary to ensure that business will go on As usual. What these will be they Are not prepared to say but undoubtedly they will include aug menting the Pentagon s 200 Man civilian guard Force wit local and Virginia state police and alerting some of the thous ands of soldiers and marines stationed in and around the nation s capital. No definite plan is known but according to the latest Avail Able information the demonstrators plan to assemble at the Lincoln memorial and the Washington Monument and then March across the 14th Street Bridge to a Point near the Pentagon for a 3 . Rally. Whether the group will then try to enter the building nor Mally closed on weekends to anyone without a building pass and Block the Halls and corridors is not known but David Bellinger committee chairman is reported to have said atthe very least we expect to cause those who enter the building to have to step Over our 40,000 attended the largest peace rally Here. Improvising it s a lot easier to float one s gear across a swollen vietnamese Stream than it is to carry it so this member of the 5th infantry did it that Way during operation Kole Kole in Han Nghia province. Up photo new study exalts skill of Columbus new York Upa new biography of Christopher co Lumbus agrees with those who claim Columbus was not the actual discoverer of America but says this detracts nothing from his historic voyage of 1492. According to swedish write Bjorn Landstrom the ques Tion As to which europeans firs set foot in America has Little or no relevance to the Story in his biography published by Macmillan under the title Columbus Landstrom state that Columbus was certainly not the first but his discover was the first to Lead to any practical Landstrom is of the Opin Ion that it was not Only pos sible but probable that Colum bus had heard of the Norse voyages to Markland and Vin land and about the danish sex p lotion to Labrador in 1476."but this says the author had no bearing on Columbus plans to sail to the indies. The biographer disputing some historians who have disparaged Columbus skill As Mariner said the records of his Ocean Crossings prove he was among the Best pilots of his Day. Contributing to suppression9 revamp of military Aid to latin America urged by Robert t. Ray Washington a most objectives of . Military Pidto latin american countries have not yet been achieved says a study issued saturday by a Senate foreign relations sub committee. Rather it said the Aid has been used by military oriented regimes to suppress populist report was prepared by prof. Edwin Lieuwen of the University of new Mexico for the ments on the objectives of Aid to latin american military forces the armed forces have apparently been unwilling to shift their emphasis from external defense to internal Security. The armies want modern tanks the air forces want better jets and the navies want up to Date latin America s contribution to collective defense has been threat to internal Secu Rity allegedly posed by the forces of International communism has been distorted and exaggerated. Castro s Cuba has Only a limited capability for subversion the soviet Union and the orthodox communist parties of latin America Are not currently provoking social the principal threat to internal Security in latin America comes from suppressed populist forces and the . Military assistance program is contributing to that the report recommended continuance of a limited Aid pro Gram to the military forces including training of officers be cause it is in the Security inter ests of the United states to maintain its influence Over very powerful and basically Friendly forces in latin it proposed however that such help be Given through credit assistance rather than indirect Grants. American republics subcommittee of the foreign relations panel. The subcommittee will use it in its current Survey of the Alliance for study report recommended that military Aid to Latina Erica be concentrated on the internal Security of democratic governments and that the ves Tiges of collective hemisphere defense programs still under the latin american military assist Ance umbrella be civil works programs of latin american armed forces should be Given a greater place in .military Aid the report said. The study had these com the Andis ripes european edition col. James w. Campbell us editor in chief it. Col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan Deputy editor in chief Arnold Burnet managing editor Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry r. Epstein. Irvi. Circulation manager an unofficial newspaper of and for that . Armed forces published by the commander in chief . European command and printed Dally at parm Tadt Germany. Military address the stars and str pea Apo 09175. International mall the Star and stripes Post aph 1034, 61-Darmstadt, Germany. Tel Griesheim
