Europe Leaders Reject $15-Billion Soviet Aid Plan
European Community leaders Monday rejected a French and West German proposal for a $15-billion aid package for the Soviet Union and instead ordered a study of that country’s economic needs, officials reported.
Officials of all the major community nations reported there was unanimous agreement on a general desire to help the Soviet Union.
But the view pressed by Britain and Denmark that large-scale handouts are not the right approach appears to have prevailed.
A senior West German official said he expects an aid package to be decided by the end of the year.
Earlier, community officials announced that the European leaders have agreed to start a conference in Rome on political union Dec. 14. Those talks will run parallel to talks on economic and monetary union beginning Dec. 15.
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