Warning On Germany

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31169, 20 September 1966, Page 3

Warning On Germany

(X.Z. Press Association)

AUCKLAND, September 19. There were forces at work in Europe which constituted a threat to world peace, Mr S. Semenenko, second secretary of the Soviet Legation in New Zealand, said in Auckland today. Speaking to members of the Auckland Rotary Club, Mr Semenenko said the policy of the United States had given rise to dangerous illusions among West German revan-

chenists that the German problem could be solved on their terms. However, he added, they would not succeed in revising the results of the Second World War. The main requirement for ensuring European security was the inviolability of existing frontiers, including the Oder-Neisse line and the border between the two German states, as well as the prevention of West German access to nuclear weapons in any form. “We don’t want to be attacked again,” said Mr Semenenko. “Some of these West German politicians are not prepared to accept existing frontiers, which should be respected by all concerned. “If they start this conflict there will be no Germany within a few hours.” “Very Concerned” Mr Semenenko said the U.S.S.R. was “very concerned” about the Vietnam conflict. It believed the basis for solution must be the Geneva Agreement of 1954,

which called for no foreign troops in either the North or South, no foreign military bases and elections within two years.

He said the provisions of this agreement had already been violated but it was still not too late to settle the question on the same basis. “We are ready—to the extent that others are prepared —to traverse our part of the road to mutual understanding and accord among States,” said Mr Semenenko.