HERR BRANDT DISCUSSES E. GERMANY WITH POPE

FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
THE efforts of Herr Willy Brandt, West German
Chancellor, for closer links with East Germany, were welcomed by the Pope when he greeted the Chancellor at a 55-minute private audience at the Vatican on Monday.
Herr Brandt was paying a two-day visit to Rome for talks with Ministers of the caretaker Government.
The Pope, in his speech, expressed himself in favour of a united Europe and of increased aid for the developing countries.
There should be "unification in the economic sector and then, if possible—taking into account given historical circumstances—in the political field," he said.
"We note with pleasure that the German Federal Government is making an effective contribution to the achievement of this goal." The Pope singled out for mention the European unity efforts of the late Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
"GREAT THINGS" "But work for peace also requires understanding on the part of all for the social demands of the present day and self-sacrificing intervention in support of the developing countries," he went on.
"Here the German people, especially in post-war years, has done great things through generous development aid ...
"Despite all technical progress, large strata of the native population of some continents are still living under conditions that are sometimes unworthy of human beings," the Pope said. "Such unbearable social circumstances endanger peace."
In their private meeting before official exchange of speeches, Herr Brandt gave the Pope a £3,125 cheque for aid to developing nations. On Monday night, a few hours after Herr Brandt's Vatican visit, two East German journalists who said they were members of an East Berlin Catholic organisation, claimed they had met top Vatican officials during the previous three days and had submitted a request for the Pope to recognise the two Germanys.
The two, Otto Fuchs, editor of the magazine Begegnung (Meeting), and Hubertus Guske, assistant editor, said they represented the Catholic organisation Berliner Konferenz, which was founded several years ago in East Berlin with the declared aim of putting into effect the 1963 Pacenr in Terris encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII.
They said they conferred with an unnamed Vatican official and with Mgr. Gremillion, Secretary of the Vatican Commission for Justice and Peace, and added that their presence in Rome at the same time as Herr Brandt was merely a coincidence.
ODER-NEISSE Meanwhile, after Herr Brandt's meeting with the Pope. a spokesman indicated that among the matters discussed was that of the disputed Oder-Neisse territories taken by Poland from Germany after World War H.
The Pope has been under increasing pressure from the Church in Poland. to set up permanent dioceses in the territories. Observers consider he will await West GermanPolish agreement on the disputed border before acting.