Pulling Together

Reagan's belief that the U.S. and its allies should cooperate more closely received impressive nongovernmental support last week. In a 48-page report entitled Western Security, the directors of the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations and its counterparts in Britain, France and West Germany laid out an agenda for joint action. Increasingly, the report appears at a time when leftists are trumpeting a pacifist cause in Europe. Among the recommendations: European countries should contribute men and materiel to any U.S. force that might be sent to the Middle East to block a threatened Soviet move. The U.S., Britain, France. West Germany and Japan should set up a "watch" group to monitor developments in the Middle East and decide on joint responses. And the U.S. and its allies should jointly aid anti-Soviet rebels in Afghanistan.

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