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There is some reason to fear that the addition of West Germany to the ranks of the Powers which have signed the nuclear test ban treaty might do more harm than goods. The paradox is more apparent than real. Boon's action would have been wholly welcome if it had not been preceded by U.S. assurances of the kind which might increase the difficulties in talking the next step from Moscow agreement towards a dented. The reason given by Boon for its initial decision not to sign the test ban treaty was understandable enough. It feared that if it appended its signature to a treaty which East Germany intends to sign, the action might be interpreted as being tantamount to recognizing the Ulbricht regime. No one can fairly blame the west German government for being determined to prevent any increase in the international status of the East German regime on the plea that this might tend to perpetuate the country's partition. Whether there can be a detente in Europe without acceptance of the territorial status quo is a different matter, and what the national interests of the Soviet Union and the United States might demand in the nuclear age could be in conflict with the national interests of the Federal Republic. Sooner or later the two super-powers will have to grapple with the problems of Berlin and the larger German problem if they wish to go any considerable distance along the road to disarmament.
Washington's capacity to 'do business' with Russians in the heart of Europe is limited enough as it is; it will now become more limited following Washington's reported assurance to Boon that any proposals that come up for discussion between the United States and the Soviet Union will be presented for West Germany's scrutiny.