European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nato chief says More talk Means less tension / by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau b before the fall of the Berlin Wall Western nations traditionally cooled ties with Moscow when the soviet Union doted contrary to their interests. But nato s top military commander is urging that the Alliance intensify its relations with the soviet Union despite Moscow s crackdown on Independence movements in the Baltic republics the deepening soviet economic crisis and foot dragging on arms control. Gen. John r. Galvin also supports a broadening and deepening of military contacts Between the former adversaries including opening up Western staff colleges and War academies to soviet and Eastern european military officers. According to Galvin if the goal is to reduce the tensions that existed during the cold War then nato must pursue two tracks get More arms control agreements and increase communication. Quot now sometimes we find it hard to follow this second approach because every time we get mad at someone we tend to Cut Back on communications. One of the things i be said is that whether we like or done to like what some of our former adversaries do we should still keep up the communications Quot he said in an interview. Quot i say it s sort of like being married. If you and your wife have a fight it s not the time to Cut  Galvin s remarks come at a time when nato is wrangling Over How far it should extend a hand of cooperation to its former cold War adversaries in the Warsaw pact. Many Eastern european countries now want stronger links with nato. Countries such As Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland shy away from neutrality and bristle at the idea of simply being components of a Buffer zone Between the East and West according to Alliance officials. But some allies such As France would like to limit the relationship Between nato and Eastern Europe to information exchanges the Alliance officials say. France feels that the interests of Eastern Europe Are better suited to institutions such. As the european Community and the conference on Security and cooperation in a Europe a Broad Security forum that includes 35 countries from North America and Europe As Well of the soviet Union other countries including the United states feel that nato has a unique Opportunity to bolster the fledgling. Democracies of Eastern Europe but the Shadow player in this debate is the soviet Union in a speech in Rome  month nato Secretary general Manfred Worner tried to steer a Middle course while indicating that the West does not wish to extend its  Borders to the East worrier said that nato a so seeks to build closer ties to the termer soot bloc countries a Crew member of the Cruiser Princeton greets soviet suitors after Docking in the soviet Union. 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