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has not stirred any sign of opti-
mism at the State Department or
in Congress.
The general reaction in Con-
gress was expressed in the COM
ment Of Representative Eaton,
Republican. of New Jersey, top
Republican on the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. He said he
hopes Mr.. Lie is correct but moth
ing has shown any reason to be-
lieve Russian promises"
State Department officials were
deeply skeptical of Mr.. Lies esti-
mate that successful negotiations
with the Russians are possible.
Speaking privately. they said
they see no reason to believe that
the Soviets are any more ready
now than they have been for sew
eral years to make the kind of
adjustment in their policy which
Western authorities deem neces-
sary to peaceful situation in
the world.
Little Good Seen in Farley.
Those authorities seem entirely
convinced that at this time and
for the foreseeable future neither
side in the cold war is prepared to
make the concrete concessions or
compromises which in their view
might lead to a true East-West
settlement.
Moreover, they believe that,
barring a major change on one
side Or the other, a top-level in
ternational meeting would bring
little if any relief from the present
tensions of political conflict.
They predict, however, that if
Mr.. Lie succeeds in getting gen.
eral consent for a special meeting
of the United Nations Security
Council, to be attended by foreign
ministers of the member nations
late next summer, Secretary Ache
son will be on hand.
Little is known, even in the in
ner circles of the Government
here, of Mr.. Stalin's reaction to
Mrs. Lies peacemaking proposals.
when the two met 10 days ago.
According to diplomatic reports,
as yet officially unconflrmed to
the American Government by Mr.
Lie, Mr.. Stain was noncommittal,
although as Mr.. Lie has indicated,
he did not close any doors on flu
ture developments.
Aim to Reduce Tensions.
In his statement Mr.. Lie said
that Il return to the headquarters
OF the United Nations with the be-
lief that the possibility of con-
structive negotiation exists"
He cautioned that the results of !
his exchanges of views cannot be
judged, however. except as they
become apparent during The next
two or three months" i,
At another point he said that
his aim is reducing the tensions
OF the cold war and ultimately
bringing it to an end"
At the time Mr.. Lie embarked
on his diplomatic mission, the
State Department made plain
that 1t welcomed his efforts but
was not necessarily backing his
specific projects. In general,
American policy is that such ap-
proacles to the Russians al least
keep contacts between East and
West open.
March 16 Speech Cited.
At the same time. on the ques-
ton of actually settling the cold
war, Mr.. Acheson has repeatedly
declared that agreements with
the Soviets are valid only when
they cover conditions already in
existence. He has defined present
American policy as being to create
conditions of strength throughout
the non-Communist world so that
eventually the Russians will have
to deal with the West on accept
able terms.
He set forth his own thinking
on the problem in a speech in
California on March 16 when he
described many actions which he
said the Soviet Union could take
to relax tensions" Among these
he called for Russian co-opera-
tion in completing the World War
II peace settlements, Soviet
withdrawal from the satellite
countries of Eastern Europe and
an end to the Kremlin's policy of
obstruction" in the United Ma
tions. Furthermore. Mr.. Acheson
said that in any effort to estab-
lish livable relations between East
and West, the Russians should
join in seeking realistic controls
for atomic weapons, should end
attempts to undermine established
governments through communism,
should treat foreign diplomatic
officials properly and should stop
distorting the motives of other
nations in their propaganda.
Bevin Backs Chinese Reds.
The problem of holding a Spe-
cial meeting of the Security Coun-
Gil, perhaps late in the summer,
depends partly at least for it's
solution on a settlement of the
question of Chinese representation
in the United Nations