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secretary ot < ommerce occupies one of the most important positions in the cabinet. It is his responsibility to promote trade with other nations on a world-wide basis. However, this department does not have full control of its policies since the State Department and Congress can cir cumscribe its activities. Trade relation ships and development of world trade are important bases for prolonged peace, and may be the wedge to soften the Russian at titude. It must be remembered also that keen competition is growing. The West Germans recognize the im portance of trade relationships and have made long strides toward coaxing the Mid dle East nations into a developing German economy. Egnon Kaskeline, in a special report to the Christian Science Monitor, details Ger man influence in the Middle East nations. An increasing number of German technical, military and economic experts have been invited to till the places of departing Brit ish and other foreign experts. In Egypt. German advisors are said to have prepar ed General Naguib’s plan of action and his rpform program. Head of the German group is former SS General Dr. Wilhelm Voss, who headed the Central Armament Supply Board of the German Army. When he arrived two years ago .'50 of his top as sociates accompanied him. Other nations in this area are accepting German aid. Syria has called upon a form er general of the German Army, H. von Stutterheim, to reorganize its armed forces. Germans have become prominent in Middle East air traffic, many planes being flown by former pilots of the Luftwaffe. German exports to the Middle East— Egypt. Syria. Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia.
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