European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes James Reston june 1977 allies agree on rights not on tactics the closer you get to the Borders be tween Western Europe and communist Eastern the More the Issue of human rights becomes intensely human and in and even in and it is mainly a philosophic but Here in the Federal Republic of it is a question of divided parents and wives and no that president Carter in Washington and Chancellor Schmidt in the capital of the Federal German Republic agree on the principle of human but disagree on the political tactics of How to gel the people and the principle Togel Jimmy Carter didst think much about the German problem when he started his human rights but he is running into problems Here he didst expect despite his serious discussions with Chan cellar Schmidt at the Summit meeting in didst Schmidt was very excited about the Helsinki agreement of two years ago in which the soviets and their allies in Eastern Europe agreed that human rights in their countries should be respected and could be negotiated with the nations of the since the Helsinki Schmidt arranged for about ethnic germans from Eastern Europe to come into West Over of these were negotiated out of Poland on a Casc Byase he has also been making Progress with the Cdr in East Germany and even with the to increase the communications and to unite families All this in very cautious and private Jimmy Carter helped this process by dramatizing human rights at the begin officials Here but they add that maybe Hes pushing it too at least in Hes creating tension and even fear in Eastern Europe and Moscow they and the More the less Chance of getting people out of East Ger Eastern Europe or the soviet West Germany has special it has Over a million workers from other 1972 1977 Ira Eaker presidents should stay at Home president Carter seems to have won the respect and Confidence of the six Heads of state with whom he conferred in he had been Wise to invite five of them for prior get acquainted meetings in it was Nix Clear Why Ger Many Chancellor Helmut Schmidt had not also come for prior discussions in each of the european Heads of state expressed satisfaction with his first joint meeting of natos seven most powerful and especially with their new the president Carter allayed some fears and doubts in Europe when he told our prime nato partners hat the was going to increase its military commitment to nato and that they should do the his Campaign indicating reduction of forces had created some a the president also showed an aware Ness of the ominous buildup of soviet strength in recent when he de scribed it As far beyond any requirement for russian defense and hence evidence of offensive capabilities and the third and very important Carter pronouncement at the London Summit was his declaration that the nato partners were to have a larger share in weapons it is not yet Clear How this can be accomplished without reducing military since the weapons arc technologically he also stressed the continuing urgent need for standardization of air planes and other weapons in the nato perhaps the most significant and far Ranj Jing Impact of Carters presence at this first nato Summit was his invitation for the next one to be held in this leads to the Hope that he is More percept than had heretofore been All the pos world War ii conferences have been held despite the position of dominance due to its military and economic Vladivostok always our leaders had to travel abroad to meet the other Heads of it is note worthy that none of these conferences was advantageous for the president Carter May remember that president after never made that mistake again he stayed in Washington when making his International decisions and the other leaders came to from launched the Marshall stopped the red rape of Greece and saved South Korea from red those diplomatic successes continued under president Eisenhower until he agreed to meet Khrushchev in then the diplomatic roof fell during the six Yean under Kissinger the has suffered a Succes Sion of International rebuffs and the Moscow and peking journeys of Nixon and the fateful Paris peace where the wily North vietnamese contrived the defeat in the vietnamese were examples of an unbroken succession of ill fated diplomatic came the Vladivostok Confer during the caretaker regime of president which accomplished Noth ing lasting or this that our National inter ests May Best be served when our presi Dent stays goes double for vice president Walter Mondale and triple for ambassador Andrew countries in its is the third largest turkish a ttys with More turkish residents than other City except Istanbul and it wants to bring its own German people from Eastern Europe Back Home and pot them to but this they not pronouncements or provocations taut careful and difficult consider the human rights problem from the German they some Progress has been made quietly Here in the last few last year about 8 million German of rom West Germany visited their families and friends in communist East and at the same some it million old people and about others from East Germany wore allowed to visit West Germany on special As Long As the idea of de Tente Between Moscow and Washington the communication by radio and television in the arts and even news but whenever Washington and Moscow begin to differ emigration and communication slow what May be much More important is that Chancellor Schmidt discussed this dilemma Between the principle and the prac tical with president Carter at the Summit meeting in Ion Don and thought they had come to an the press reported after the London meeting that Carter and Schmidt had re solved their but that not what i have been hearing in even on the eve of the Belgrade Confer ence on european Security and human officials Here president Carter seems to be in the headlines every Day proclaiming his allegiance to the Wes Tern Alliance but provoking the this has created a problem for the Chan cellar of the Federal German the president of France and even the prime minister of who is Jimmy Carters greatest supporter in this part of the they All came away from the Summit believing president Carter was going to moderate his human rights Cam in Bonn officials at say he recognized their problem and promised to do so but has continued to Enve Nom the Issue As after the Summit meeting in Chancellor Schmidt tried to moderate the human rights he got in touch with Brezhnev in the soviet Union and with the other leaders of the communist states of Eastern including Tito in Yugo and tried to persuade them that Carter was dealing with a Domestic Politi Cal but having made his would now avoid dramatizing the they Carter has kept in citing the Congress and american Public opinion on the human rights Issue and is making things worse on the eve of the Bel Grade conference on european Security and human obviously there is either a serious prob Lem or misunderstanding Here within the Alliance and particularly Between presi Dent Carter and Chancellor their agreement at London last month has clearly broken and it is not Only human rights that is in question but Consul tation Over arms control and the Middle Chancellor Schmidt is going to Washington in the Middle of july to discuss All but that May not be soon Washington and Bonn Are the heart of the nato and for the if i hear the Melody they Are clearly out of president Carter would probably be startled to hear the longings and doubts being expressed they say that in Chancellor Schmidt in president Valery Giscard Destain in Paris and prime minister Callaghan in Carter has allies who believe in his object but that he has disappointed and particularly since they met him last month in let new Portt Timpf