European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. April 4, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 3 nato forged out of postwar chaos from Stettin inthe Hal tic to Trieste in. The Adriatic an imn curtain has descended across the eminent. Lehi Nathai line lie All the capitals of the ancient of Central and Eastern Europe. U .lr.mii-. Berlin. Prague Vienna Hun pen. and Sofia Al these famous cities and Ike nop Tatiom Ara unti them lie in Uli ii mum cull the la Milon hit chill la a Ifni Nesli r c Tillett. Fulton. Mo.,March s. I94h by Davin Tarrant Suff or birr front the ashes of world War i the reemerged a different Europe a. Battle scarred end Linen by the ruling Powers the Yuvien in Ilie cast the allies into West. The division. Wrought by just before the conclusion of inc War barely impose d an Wunej stability and Europe s future was far from being a set tied Mailer hut in sums postwar euphoria and the wish to return to Normal cd contributed to a so Ron bring inc troops Home in Numani Wuhu a year after the War. The number of us. Troops in Europe dropped from i million 10 fewer than 400,000. Instead of Battles and bombings newspaper headlines trumpeted news of inc Rrona bombers the Yankees battling inc red sox and moviegoers to Welch Gary Grant. Belly Grahle and Janc run sell uniter erupted by news Retsof War scenes Yei . States urn its Back Clit what Wai happening in Europe la could not return to its pre War stains of a sleeping giant Content to remain in entangling Alli ances and International mailers. Unlike the allies the1 soviet Union had not demobilized jts huge armies. Adding to the heightened concern in Washington Large Sovic a com rolled communist parties had become Active in. Trance and Lily while communist backed guerrillas threatened to Over throw he greek government Germany remained the Edge of the sword. Divided into British. French american 1 and soviet scars. The nation Lay in ruins. But Stales he lie cd that the Only Way 16 ensure Long-1 term european liability was to forge the Complete economic and political recovery of Germany. Repeated efforts to reach a settlement with the soviets on How to begin this recovery were unsuccessful. The patient is sink ing while the doctors . Secretory of stale George Marshall said a Flora series of conferences in Moscow in 1947, meanwhile the presence of occupation Yopps and poli Lical. resulted in Albania Bulgaria pics Iii it Truman Speaks before the dial ions lint sip next he a Forth Atlantic treaty in Washington in april 1 Romania ,.poland, Hun Gary and Czechoslovakia coming into the orbit of the soviet Union. In i947, states finally responded to the soviet threat with several key initiatives. What became known As the Truman doctrine dec arc America s in i cation to support free Peoples who Are resisting attempted subjugation by armed Mimi Iii or by outside the Truman doctrine not Only pushed inc United slates out of its traditional hands off position but also authorized Sion million m economic and political Aid to Greece anti Turkey to help combat political pressures from Moscow lira move u continue this generosity Marshall addressed the graduating class of Flanard University on june a 19-17. In Hai historians Call one of inc actions undertaken in West can history. During1 the speech the Secretary in noun cd he Marshall plan a program under which Congress would to rebuild Europe Froid. The ruins of War. M was hailed by such Allied leaders As Wintish foreign Secretary Krnc St Bevin. Who culled ii a lifeline lo1 sinking men and Guni Rosity. Beyond at the same time the nations of West Ern Europe began taking Steps to ensure their own Security. In i9-4k, ,france.1 Luxembourg the Netherlands Anil kingdom signed the treaty of Brussels culling for. The building of a Lorn Nion defense and economic and cultural lies among i hepatic Iran is. The real and other a Enn during 1 Jyh to the soviet decision to blockade Berlin m june of that ear Topping All Road traffic to Berlin front the Wen the blockade was lifted on May 12, 1949, on after the relentless and massive Merlin Airlift by Lite West Ern All , Thi soviet threat combined Wilh Europe s economic crisis aroused the 1xs. Government to action. Van ,.ihe Senate s chief spokesman on Loman affairs proposed legislation that a of ult Aloiv. The United Stales in regional and other collective arrangements. V it was an up acct denied step Ameri Ca s foreign policy had Lien largely circumscribed from the i irlies Days of Hie Republic by the Tenet of avoiding in june 1i l an Oihi War. The european continent saw no out break of fighting then or at an other Lime since the end of world War ii m 1943. But while Europe has enjoyed a peaceful if somewhat uneasy Era. The rest of the world has undergone drastic changes wars in Southeast aria and the Middle East hate forced military and Pohlidal lesser Powers a Jet acquired advanced weaponry. China. Japan and South Korea have emerged As do male Powers in Asia. As a result an increasing number of defense imperil Are recommending thai biases de emphasis ils Roe m Europe. The United Stales they say should re Cognize a wider Range of than the iwo that have Long dominated . Policies a massive Warsaw pact at tack on Central Europe and an All out Sovie nuclear attack. But Alton keel. Inc . Permanent representative to nato said it would be a mistake for inc untied Stales to reduce its role in the Atlantic Alliance Al this Lime for the foreseeable future world peace world stability and specifically peace and liability in Europe will de Punj on the military balance Between inc United states and the soviet Union anymore broadly Between nato and he Warsaw pact keel told the stars and Snipes they Are. We Are the two Garcal land Powers the two global Powers in terms of Force pro Eidos in terms of nuclear so seems. One cannot leap to the argue men i Hun the world is becoming More mul Polar in a military sense. We will sell remain a bipolar world. That will require states to maintain Strong role in thu eur n thou fish nato will remain the primary military and political Alliance for states thai does not mean the . Kover Meni will not adjust the number of forces Arra of weapons or amount of resources dedicated Loeu rope. Nothing s Wrilen in he said. Hut m my View inc major elements thai Manifest the . Security commitment to Europe Wil not change nato Secretary general Manfred Worner told the stars and stripes that in european countries defense programs will help relieve states of some of its defense and financial burdens in the Alliance if Herc is a More uni cd Europe if there is More powerful Europe if therein a Europe which in defense cooperation has made Progress. 1 hink they can an should Lake Over a larger share,"1 Worner said. A stronger Europe Alibi could autume a larger role globally he said As some european countries did during the Iran Iraq War m tie Torsian Gulf. Bill i will not decrease the importance Ofa Strong partnership Between Stales and Canada inc Ameri cans. And the europeans he said. Think this partnership a mature partnership is needed As much in the future As in the past. Even a United Europe could not do without a Strong link with
