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Carter in Germany
for summit meeting
BONN, West Germany (AP)-Presi- meeting for about 1,000 hand-picked
dent Carter arrived in Germany Berliners.
last night and got an unscheduled Administration officials said East-
greeting from Chancellor Helmut Sch- West relations and the progress of
midt, one of his potential adversaries at disarmament talks were on the agenda
a seven-nation economic summit for extensive conversations today bet-
marred by advance bickering. ween Carter and Schmidt.
Carter, accompanied by wife The summit conference will be the
Rosalynn and 10-year-old daughter fourth in four years among the major
Amy, arrived at Bonn-Cologna airport industrial nations. Besides the United
on a hazy, humid night. Only the chief States, the others are Germany, Fran-
of protocol was supposed to be on hand. ce, Great Britain, Japan, Italy and
Canada.
A 21-gun salute was fired after the Before leaving Washington, Carter
president emerged from Air Force One. said that while he did not expect the
Mrs. Carter was handed a single, long- summit to solve all problems, "we ex-
stemmed pink rose by Schmidt and his pect to leave the summit with renewed
wife. Both couples rode into the city in commitment . . . to having a better
an American made limousine. future for our people."
An administration official told repor- "This is a sober time," he said at a
ters during the president's flight from White House departure ceremony. "It's
Washington it would be a "dangerous one of reassessment, not one of
delusion" for the other nations at the discouragement."
summit to lay all their problems at The Bonn meeting, more than
Washington's door and expect the previous summits, has been charac-
United States to solve them. terized by a considerable amount of
"We are concerened over what ap- Ifinger pointing among the particpants
pears to be an attempt in some quarters on who is to blame for such current
to place blame for economic problems economic problems as the slide in the
of the entire western world, and a good dollar and last year's $26 billion U.S.
part of the developing world, on the trade deficit.
shoulders of the United States," said Carter, on the trip's eve, said that
the official, who declined to be iden- while the United States has been
tified. criticized by Japan and Germany for its
The summit conference on Sunday failure to curb costly oil imports, a
and Monday will be preceded by a two flood of manufactured goods from
day state visit to Germany by Carter, _ Japan and Germany is now a greater
his first since becoming president. He problem for the United States than oil.
returns to Washington Monday "Ther is no way the United States by
evening. itself can solve all these problems,"
He is scheduled to meet today with said an administration official aboard
Schmidt and German president Walter Air Force One. "It would be a
Scheel. Tomorrow, Carter will talk to dangerous delusion by others . . . to
U.S. troops in Frankfurt, visit the allow that to become a current and
Berlin Wall, and conduct a town- popular notion."
AP Photo
President Carter waves to onlookers after arriving in Bonn last night for a summit
meeting with European leade-s.
Vance, Gromyko end deadlocked
to wran ta a treaty limitiaT US nd
arms talks
V 1P up d I:y 11ng n'.a. anu Vance and Goyocofre
GENEVA (AP)-U.S. and Soviet the internal competence of the viet S "v l '-e ombrsandine- rvaneanforomyo confrd
negoiatrs raped p to dys f ii Uiko an I aveno ntetio of Soviet long-range bombers and inter- privately for most of Thursday's
negotiators wrapped up two days of in- Unikon and I have no intention of continental ballistic missiles. The session and were joined from time to
tensive arms talks yesterday but failed discussing it with anyone, even with already complicated task is further time by advisers. Besides the arms
to break the deadlock on limiting you," Gromyko told a reporter. hampered by disagreement over Soviet ite ty discus. eias o a
srtgcb brsndmsis. VANCE LEFT the talks at the Soviet hapr by sgemn vrSve treaty, they discussed negotiations an a
strategic bombers and missiles. VNELF h ak tteSve treatment of dissidents. parallel agreement to end nuclear
The talks were clouded by the trials mission to meet with Natalia Shniglits, PRESIDENT CARTER, Vance and testig
of Soviet dissidents and sharp commen- who says she is Shcharansky's wife. others in the U.S. administration have tesoing.
ts by President Carter about Soviet Their marital status has been condemned the trials and accused the cluding round had "given us Imore
human rights policies. questioned at Shcharansky's trial. Russians of reneging on the human complete answers about the questions
Between the sessions with Gromyko, rights provisions of the 35-nation we had."
THE KEY OBSTACLES to a treaty Vance lunched with Ambassador An- Helsinki agreement. Despite the intensive efforts over the
remain what kind of limitations to put drew Young, who had been quoted this On Wednesday, the opening day of the past several months, progress toard a
on the deployment of new missile week as saying there were "hundreds, talks, Vance gave Gromyko a message new treaty has been slow. The principal
systems and whether the Soviet Back- perhaps thousands" of political from Carter to Soviet President Leonid obstacles center on the sort of restric-
fire bomber is subject to treaty con- prisoners in the United States. After the I. Brezhnev critical of the alleged tions to be placed on new missile
trols meeting, in which Young was rebuked violation of the Helsinki accords. Vance systems and whether the Soviet back-
"We had a useful conversation but it by Vance, Young issued a statement delivered the note in private in an effort fire bomber is subject under the treaty
was not conclusive," Soviet Foreign aligning himself with a strong condem- to keep the controversy from affecting roduction as deploymentrcontrols.
Minister Andrei Gromyko told repor- nation of the dissident trials and saying the strategic arms limitation talks.
ters after the final three-hour session. his views on Shcharansky had been
"There is more work to do." given "an erroneous impression."" " "*
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance In Washington, State Department C o m ssio i n ores its
called the talks "useful." spokesman Tom Reston said President C m i s o g o e t
Carter spoke with Vance by telephone A
"There are still clearly differences before his lunch with Young. Reston ow n p ro -E R i resolu tion
between us on certain- issues," Vance said it was his impression that Carter
said. "It is useful to sit down and have a prescribed the tenor of Vance's rebuke (Continued from Page 3
face-to-fece discussion." to Vance. - ratified the ERA. Karen Rice, former state coordinator
GROMYKO CONCURRED, saying, BEFORE WAVING goodbye to MOST LOCAL proponents of the for the ERA was also dismayed.
"It is absolutely true there are dif- reporters, Gromyko said "we certainly amendment were unaware of the com- "I don't think that (the college cour-
ferences in our policies, but there is a would like to see U.S.-Soviet relations mission's decision to send Conlin to se) is an important enough reason,"
will to narrow down the differences. bettered and enriched, and we feel Nevada. When notified of the matter Rice said.
The building of peace and detente is there is a need for that on both sides." they expressed disappointment. -
worth the effort expended on it" "We are doing all we can to achieve "I am certainly not happy. It (the Vegetable plates, popular in the
Otherwise friendly in his manner, that goal. Tensions in relations between college program) would have to be 1920s and 1930s, have come back into
Gromyko became edgy when asked our two countries can yield nothing but tremendously vital to feel that it is fashion. For an interesting vegetable
whether the trials of Soviet dissidents harm to the people of the Soviet Union justified," according to Barb Markana, combination serve creamed cucum-
Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander and to the people of the United States as Vice-President of the Ann Arbor chap- bers, broiled tomatoes, baked yams
Ginzburg hamperpd the negotiations. well." ,ter of the Nation Orgapoa on for and broccoli or spinach dressed with
"That isa questioh which is within ' The two sides are trying to find a way (NOW) ) butter nle juice.
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