European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 25, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 13 gof along by going along Carter Star of Summit by Helen Thomas Washington up pres president car Ter s first foray into Summit diplomacy i generally viewed As a Success because he Early Learned a political adage to get along go along. Despite the buildup of Carter s Strong advocacy of nuclear nonproliferation and human rights the president did not intend to have any confrontations or to mar his initiation into International diplomacy by taking a Tough unpopular stand at the London Summit made All the compromises necessary to win Praise from the other leaders for his flying to London for the Summit report ers were under the false impression that Carter would face Down the leaders of West Germany France and Japan on the question of the spread of nuclear know How that could Lead to the production of doomsday weapons. They were not told of his move before leaving the White House that Day giving the go ahead to ship enriched uranium to european countries including Britain and Japan. There was nothing to fight about on that subject. So at the Summit he won n com Promise to study the problem. On the question of human rights. Carte Rhad his say a 15-minute rhetorical spree. Then West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt put in a rebuttal saying he bad accomplished More to retrieve German from behind the Iran curtain through quiet diplomacy. When it came time for the Downing Street declaration there was no mention of human rights in the document or themore detailed appendix. The Summit leaders also agreed that unemployment was bad for the industrialized nations but they offered no magic solutions to the problem. In the area of Trade they did agree to push for More results from the so called Tokyo round in Geneva with the goal flowering tariffs amid the rising pressure for protectionism particularly in the United states where workers Are demand ing the government Block imports of cheaper goods. As French president Valery Giscard a Stang put it Carter did t try to Force others to align their position with the United so Carter had no intention of pushing the european leaders who Are mostly involved in struggles for their own political survival. As a neophyte even with the full Power of the United states behind him replayed the role of the student saying i have so much to nevertheless without exercising an substantive leadership but showing a lot of style he was the superstar of the Summit the British had read a lot about carte Rand they wanted to see him. His Side trip to Newcastle where he addressed a rally visited Glass factory and toured the ancestral borne of George Washington s fore bears were scores in the Good image department. A Strong indication of his Success waste invitation from the aloof Giscard d is Tang to visit France in the fall. The French thes Wollor european edition col. Bill e. Spangler . Editor maj. John c Taylor Usan onion editor Mert Procto Famigl Jelmer o. Frank production Henry s. . Iwo War it a it Normd Uno Sicul Pulc Ion Lor . Arm a Orl a to str and sir Len pull Tom in con unction Wim m. Arrid Lormi. Lion pro gum of in. Camtu Nown olo new. Tommu to Sun and slip. Nol Etc will i of us of Rorr no w. 0f�n�.orin. europium cow mid. Mac in no Mph conc not Ca Minui. Or Wudl ii. 0mn� try 1c 0 06issi Iii Imi 0m�udl Artl rib up rtt � Teu wit. I. N. Tan optic room m. Man yom Pooh. a. Cod. Ill to juju secon cuu plug id
