GERMANY WARNED

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 9

GERMANY WARNED

SovietNoteOn Atom Arms

<n Z ’ Assoc 'ation — Copyright) (Kec. 9 p.m.) MOSCOW, April 27. The Soviet Union today sent a new Note to West Gerof “ the fateful responsibility assumed by those who are now taking a course towards the atomic armament of Western Germany.” Pr™ e ? ovi ? t F *? re ign Minister, Mr Gromyko handed over the Note West German Charge O Affaires in Moscow. hv A aum = mar \ of the text released in M Soviet newa agency Tass, in Moscow, said the Soviet Government was willing to reach t ith the atomic weapons sta tioned in the territory of Germany.” m The , Note asked, according to lass. Can one seriously speak of the unification of Germany when h at °mic weapons will be added to the line now dividing Germany into two states?” ; A West German Government statement issued at Bonn to-night said the Note contained a massive threat and was aimed at influencing internal political differences in Germany.

„ Tbe . ® ta tement said that the Soviet Note was more surprising because, in a discussion between the Federal Chancellor, Dr Adenauer, and the Soviet Ambassador, Mr Andrei Smirnov, on April 25, Dr. Adenauer told the Ambassador that West Germany had r. o atomic' weapons of any kind, and had sought none. , The Chancellor said then that the West German Government would do everything possible to bring about controlled atomic disarmament.

The Bonn statement to-night ? aid Chancellor’s statements to Mr Smirnov had been ignored in the latest Soviet Note. The Note had added that the equipment of the West German Army with atomic weapons, and the conversion of West German territory into a launching site for American nuclear missiles “would expose the Federal Republic to a terrible danger with which cannot be compared the calamities ever experienced by the German people.”

Narrow Escape For Churchill

(Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON. April 28. Sir Winston Churchill escaped injury by inches at the Sandown Park races, the “Sunday Express” reported today. Sir Winston Churchill, who is now 82, was in the paddock before the first race to see his horse, Welsh Abbot, when another horse, Philodendron, reared and shied towards the former Prime Minister. He was given a sharp shove on the shoulder by his son-in-law, Mr Christopher Soames, and Phildendron’s hooves missed him by inches. Sir Winston Churchill quickly recovered his balance.