Evening star., 1952-08-18
Red Chinese Premier
Arrives in Moscow
For Major Farley
Militory and Economic
Delegation to Confer
With KremIin Chiefs
BY he Associated Press

MOSCOW, Aug. 18.-Chines<
Premier Chou En-lai and Kremlir
leaders prepared today for major
talks aimed at tightening the mil.
itary. economic and political tie.
of the Chinese-Soviet Communist
partnership.
The premier. who is also Rec
China's foreign minister, few tt
Moscow yesterday from Peipine
with a big delegation that in.
Icluded his deputy premier, Cher
Yung, and q sizeable group Of mil.
itary experts.
The nature of the top-level dis.
cussions between the worlds big.
|gest Communist nations was kept
secret.
It was evident. however, thai
military questions would rank high
among those taken up since Chou
brought along the deputy chief OF
|Peiping's general staff, Su Yui; his
air force commander, Lyu va.
low; Deputy Navy Commander Lo
'Shun Chu. and Deputy Command
er of Artillery Tsu Chuan.
Economic Specialists Included.
Judging' by others in the party
closer economic bonds will be
sought also in the talks. Eco
nomic specialists with Chou in
cluded Minister of Heavy Industry
Wan Hao-shou, Minister of Fuel
Chen Yui, Deputy Minister o1
Communications Wang Cheng
Deputy Minister of Machine
Building Wang Tao-han and Ec-
onomic Expert Ii Fu-ghung.
On the political side were the
head of the Asian department oi
the Peiping Foreign Ministry
Chen Chia-kan; the chief of the
Soviet and Eastern Europe De.
partment. Hsui Yi-hsin, and thu
ministry's political secretary, Shil
Cheh.
The Chinese got a full red-car.
pet reception at the airport-in.
dicating the high Importance thu
Russian government attaches tt
the conference. On hand to wei.
come the visitors were Deputy
Premiers Vyacneslav M. Moloto1
and A. I. Mikoyan, Marshal Mix.
olaf A. Bulganin and Foreign
Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Molotov, Mikoyan and Bulganir
are all Politburo members.
Replying to the official welcome
Chou paid tribute to the broth.
erly and unselfish aid" which
China is receiving from the So.
Wet Union and said he had come
to strengthen cooperation be.
tween the two countries even fur.
ther.
Last Conference in 1850.
Chou's last conference in Mos.
cow, in January, 1850, preceded
the Korean war by six months
He had conferred here once be-
fore, shortly after the Chinese
Communists proclaimed their new
government in Peiping.
It appeared certain the new
talks will aim at expanding col.
laboration within the scope of the
1850 Soviet = Chinese. friendship
and mutual aid pact, the forma
basis Of the two countries present
close relationship. It is expected
an attempt will be made also tx
broaden the pact and augment il
with additional agreements.
The Chinese are almost certain
to ask for an increase in theil
$500 million credit for the pur.
chase of Russian industrial trans.
port and agricultural equipment
and for more Soviet technical aid
They will likely seek also expan.
sion of Soviet Chinese trade Il
counter the Vests partial block.
ade of China.
Clauses Of the 1850 agreement
providing for Russia to return tht
Port Arthur naval base and Man
churian railway to China are dul
| for discussion since the agree
ments were to be implementec
either when the japanese peac,
was concluded or by the end o.