WARNING BY STRAUSS

Press, Volume C, Issue 29634, 3 October 1961, Page 18

WARNING BY STRAUSS

Opposition To America

(NX Press Asme-COpvrigM) BONN. Sept. 30. Although to doubted that toe current anti-American-ism in West Germany was wideoroad, toe West German Defence Minister (Mr Frans Josef Strauss) warned that those who caused such emotions were providing grist for Moscow’s mill. The Britata United Press reported Mr Strauss as making this statement in tiro interviews in Bonn yesterday. Both British and United tSates diplomata were reported to have , expressed their concern at the lack of confidence in West Germany that toe United States means to stand firm on Berlin, said the British United Press. British and United States diplomats are said to have boon instructed to seek to discourage German newspomioi® cotxcftMioni to the Russians in any future negotiations on Berlin and -Asked 'whether the United States was growing soft on the Berlin and German questions, Mr Strauss replied: "I do not believe so, but I am concerned that here and thm certain emotions are awakened. Moscow has always sought to turn ths Germans against toe Ameri- ■ cans," he added. But Mr Strauss cautioned 1 •»? * l j*’*L 1° ] “buy** time in Berlin by of- ■ faring toe Russians some ; sort of military disengage- I meat in Europe by offering i to create a central Europeer zone of reduced armamenta i Mid the British United Press, i