When he went to Walter Reed Army Hospital last week, Secretary Dulles left behind him, as a solid achievement of his personal diplomacy, a united Western position on Berlin. Fundamentals of the position, as Dulles set them down after his return from talks with government chiefs in London, Paris and Bonn:
¶Make no concessions unless the Russians make concessions in return.
¶ Refuse to accept "any substitution of East Germany for the Soviet Union in its responsibilities toward Berlin" if the Russians carry out their threat to turn over their occupation rights in Berlin to the East German puppet government...
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