Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 03, 1959, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text-Op of iassile Forces Declared .'Urgent .-Aim of 1TO mm . i Faster Foreign Minister Meeting Marks 10th Anniversary By CHARLES CORDDRY UPI Correspondent Edlto's note: This is the second of two reports on the state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on it loin anniversary. Washington - (LTD - A faster build-up of supersonic air craft and missile forces is ur gent aim of the North Atlan tic Treaty Organization as it completes its first decade. The foreign ministers of the alliance are meeting here against the grave backdrop of crisis in Berlin and alarm in the U.S. Congress over Soviet missile progress. The meeting marks the anniversary of the signing of the NATO treaty on April 4, 1949. At hand, as the statesmen take stock of NATO's strength is a new report from a U.S presidential advisory group urging immediate addition of $400,000,000 to American mil itary aid funds. It would go mostly for advanced jet air craft and missiles for NATO Moves are also afoot to stimu late production on the Euro pean continent of a variety of U.S. missiles from air defense to bombardment types. Constant Them The need for supersonic planes is a constant theme European pilots , and com manders argue that they could be the first to tangle with Russia's superior num bers of planes in a war. They say they should have more aircraft comparable to those of the Americans operating beside them. Similar urgent problems for NATO leaders are the quick filling of remaining ground force needs in Central Europe, more rapid deploy ment of 1,500-mile range bal listic missiles and early com pletion of radar warning and communications networks. The Soviet forces arrayed opposite NATO's 4,000 -mile front from Norway to Turkey are "terrifyingly efficient and equipped for nuclear war," in the words of a top British of ficial. All that holds the Rus sians down is the threat of air-atomic reprisal. Russia and her European satellites have an estimated six million jcnea under arms, close to four million of them ground forces. The bulk ap parently is in "Western Russia and the satellites Comparison Not Valid The 15 NATO powers can count as many or more men under arms. But the compari son is not too. valid. Allow ance must be made for the world-wide commitments and deployments of America and Britain! Together they ac count for more than half of NATO's total military man power. They have about 425, 000 to 450,000 men in Europe, the Middl' East, Mediterra neant and North Africa. The rest of their forces, totaling more than 2,700,000, are con served at home or deployed in other areas around the globe. Available estimates indicate that Gen. Lauris Norstad, Su preme Allied Commander in Europe, has. assigned to him about 50 ' divisions, 5,500 to 6,000 aircraft, more than 160 air bases and, in the event of war, the Navy's big Sixth Fleet in the Mediteranean. , 175 Soviet Divisions The Soviets, NATO esti mates, have 175 divisions, of which 22 are in East Germany and 60 more in other puppet countries and in western Rus sia. The satellites have 65 di visions of varying degrees of reliability. Russias has 18,000 to 20,000 military aircraft, largely jets, including 1,500 medium range bombers com parable to the American B-47 but hardly more than 100 long-range Bisons which they once were expected to stamp out in huge numbers. Many of their 450 subma rines are in the White, Baltic and Black seas. It would be NATO's task to try to keep as many as possible from break ing to the Atlantic where they could attack convoys and bombard America. In the misslie field, Russia officially is credited with hav ing operational weapons with ranges of 700 to 800 miles. Reporters have heard those estimates from intelligence officers in several NATO Eu ropean headquarters and they have . been publicly stated here. No Evidence Revealed To be effective, such mis siles would have to be de ployed to the satellites. In quiry in American, British and NATO quarters on the continent reveals no evidence that such has been done. From the satellites, Russian missiles could reach any Euro pean target except some in Spain. The estimates, if accurate, make the American Thor mis sile now based in England the i MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, April 3, 1959 3 longest range operational bal listic missile-more than 1,500 miles. Washington estimates that the U.S. and Russia will have intercontinental ballistic mis siles operational at about the same time. Congressional crit ics dispute that, claiming Rus sia is ahead. So does Russia. On the Western side Ameri can land, air and sea forces have a variety of missiles in Europe. They include the 200 mile range Redstone, the 500 mile Matador pilotless bomb er, the 75-mile Corporal, the 15-mile Honest John, and Nike anti-aircraft missiles. The sixth fleet can employ Sparrow air-to-air rockets, Regulus pilotless bombers and Terrier anti-aircraft missiles. Own Production Most European countries are receiving, under U.S. mil itary aid or buying, one or more of these missile types and some planning their own production. But NATO is not a military theater unto itself. It is part of a global defense system, a system that has brought about the "strategic encirclement" of the Soviet Union so that, as NATO officers put it, there is "nowhere that the Soviets can feel secure around their whole periphery." Besides the air-atomic de terrent, NATO now has a shield force running from the top of Norway, where there is a common border with Rus sia, to the east frontier of Tur key, also a common border with Russia. In the crucial Central Euro pean sector are now deployed approximately 22 of the 30 divisions Norstad considers the minimum he needs. When West Germany completes its 12 divisions and France is able to return two from Al geria, Norstad will have 30 on the central front. The central land forces are backed up by heavy contin gents of U.S. Air Force, Royal Air Force and Royal Cana dian Air Force jets. The U.S. alone has 525 jet fighter planes in Europe that can car ry atomic weapons. PLAN MALARIA CONTROL Makassar, Celebes, Indone-sia-(UPD-The Malaria Eradica tion department of the East Indonesian islands said today that malaria kills at least 120,- 000 persons a year in Indone sia. The department said it is planning a 10-year program for controlling the disease. Importance of NATO Said To Lie in Principle of Solidarity rilitnr'c nt? Vnrwfrian Ffirpipn -f 4 1 1 : j : t 4. . ,.j -a . - . . ... Editor's note: Norwegian Foreien for-te -t the crHr)!j7-;f-.r vtuon of the signers of the treaty that created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In the following dis patch, Lange explains the basic principles on which NATO has-been built and thrived. By HALVARD M. LANGE Foreign Minister of Norway (Written for UPI) The primary importance NATO lies in the principle of solidarity embodied in the treaty. The collective defense organized on the basis of this principle has made it possible for NATO to play a decisive role in preventing war and aggression in the last decade. This aspect of NATO is common to all the member countries small and big alike, and, indeed the stabilizing ef- Young Prince May Have Chickenpox Windsor, England-(UPD-T h e 10-year-old Prince of Wales started his spring holiday in bed at Windsor Castle today, awaiting what doctors thought would be an official diagnosis of chickenpox. Prince Charles was sent home from Cheam School sev eral hours earlier than his schoolmates Thursday when it was discovered he was run ning a fever. Doctors prom ised to announce the results of their examination later to day. All pupils at the exclusive private school have been un der quarantine for two weeks because of an outbreak of chickenpox among some mem bers oi the student body. Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, his sister Prin cess Anne; and his aunt, Prin cess Margaret, are all staying at Windsor Castle, but they are not likely to be allowed to see the young prince. Neither the Queen nor Prin cess Anne has ever had chickenpox. New York - (DPD - A new teaching machine demonstrat ed here Thursday not only corrects students when they give the wrong answers but has a little lecture ready for those who still can't answer properly. The recorded mess age: "Listeji, son, you are be ing very careless. You really should study a lot harder. Careful study habits will help you make your own way in the world." the NATO countries makes itself felt outside the NATO group. It is of the utmost impor tance that this solidarity be kept and strengthened in the difficult times we face as we celebrate the first 10 years of the existence of the North Atlantic Treaty. Two Main Elements Our side of the balance of power upon which world peace rests consists of two main elements: Our military defense and our unfailing solidarity. Conflicts within our own family weaken our position just as much as do gaps and lags in our military preparedness. It is therefore a good omer that the anniversary year ha witnessed the solution of one of the most difficult problems with which member countries have been faced. The success ful solution of the Cyprus question is an inspiration to us all to renew our efforts to settle other outstanding problems between member nations. No Need For Fear As long as the all impor tant necessity of keeping our solidarity intact is recognized by all member nations and is given due weight when na tional policies are formulated there is no need for any of us to fear the dangers and difficulties that may lie ahead. There is, however, one other aspect of the co-operation in NATO on which I would like to comment briefly since it is of particular importance to a small member country like Norway. I am thinking of the con tinuous political consultation going on in the NATO coun cil and the opportunity this consultation gives for the smaller countries to express their views on important in ternational problems and thus influence the formulation of the policies of member coun tries with world-wide respon sibilities. This is a novel de velopment in international co operation. Other Opportunities . It is, of course, true that the United Nations Organiza tion, like its predecessor, the League of Nations, offers op portunities to all member countries to appeal to world opinion in order to influence development in world poli tics. The importance of the United Nations as a forum for world opinion should by no means be underrated. This, however, is different from the intimate day-to-day consultation going on it NA TO, both with regard to the nature of the process and more particularly when it comes to the practical results obtained. Answer To Problem The consultations in NATO on matters of direct concern to all member nations and the treaty area aim at working out common policies which are binding on member coun tries. They constitute an an swer to one of the central problems that arise in volun tary co-operation between sovereign states. Consultation j means a pooling of sovereign ties without recourse to supra national institutions. i The development of politi cal, consultation of NATO over the 10 years of the or ganization's existence repre sents a great step toward a true community of the na tions of NATO. The effects of this new development will be felt long after the internation al conflict that prompted the inception of NATO in 1949 has been solved. Who's I II If I Anniversary Penney's Observes 57th Anniversary The 57th anniversary of the founding of the J. C. 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