Evening star., 1952-12-25
Stain Says He. Favors Meetinq
With Eisenhower Reports Russia
Is Interested in Korean Peace
Answers Given
To Questions by
u. S. Newsmun
By the Assoeioted Press

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-SovietI
Premier Joseph Stain, replying to
queries submitted by the New York
Times. says he favorS a meeting
with President-elect Eisenhower.
does not consider conflict with the
West inevitable" and that Rus
sia is interested" in ending the
Korean war.
The Times termed the premier's
answers to it's four questions "en-
couraging" and added:
". they marked an attitude
on the part of the Kremlin very
different from the hostile one re-
Gently assumed in the United Ma
lions
Eisenhower Has No Comment.
President-elect Eisenhower de-
clined immediate comment on Mr..
Stalin'S statement.
Il won't have anything to say
on that this morning, assure
you" the general told newsmen.
He was asked for comment as
he and Mrs. Eisenhower were
about to enter st. Paul's Chapel
on the Columbia University
campus for a Christmas morning
carol service.
The President-elect paused only
briefly.
He gave no indication what he
thought about the Stain state
ment, saying only he wouldn't
talk about it just now.
The White House announced
last night there would be no i'm
mediate comment on the story.
John Foster Dulles, Gen. Eisen-
hower's choice for Secretary of
State, said he would have no
comment on the Stain answers
until he had a chance to study
them. Mr.. Dulles, in Washington
added that he wished to check
with Gen. Eisenhower before is
suing any statement and would
probably not confer with the
President-elect until after Christ
mas Day.
y. N. Observers Interested.
The Times said United Nations
observers expressed special inter-
est in Mr.. Stains statement in
which he said he favored diplo-
matte conversation leading to a
settlement of the Korean war.
The Soviet Union and its satel-
liteS opposed a recent U. N. Gen.
eral Assembly compromise resolu-
ton on the Korean prisoner of war
issue. After passage by the U. N,
Communist China and North Ko-
rea rejected the measure.
President Truman repeatedly
has said he would be glad to see
Mr.. Stalin-but in Washington.
Neither the Times nor Mr..
Stain, in the exchange mentioned
a possible meeting place.
The basic policy of the President
and Secretary of State Dean Ache
son has been that there must be
proof of Soviet good faith and
peaceful intentions on specific
things before there can be any
successful general settlement with
Russia.
Broadcast to Russian People.
The Eisenhower high command.
the Times reported yesterday, had
formulated strategic plan which
it hoped would put enough pres
sure on the Communists to in
duce the Soviet Union to agree
to an armistice. The Times said
Mr.. Stalin'S anSwerS-in reply to
the questions submitted December
1S by Mr.. Reston-apparently were
written before Gen. Eisenhower
latest move was known.
Some five hours Omitted States
time) after the Times published
the Stain story, radio Moscow
went on the air with the questions
and answers. 1t was local broad
cast to the Russian people.
Mr.. Stains answers were re-
ceived at the Soviet Embassy in
Washington last night. The Times
said Embassy officials explained
that the translation into English
was done hastily but. considering
the hurry. was "as close as pos
Sible" to the original text.
Relayed Through Ambassador.
Mr.. Reston said his queries to
Mr.. Stain were relayed through
Georgi N. zarubin, Russian Am
bassador to the United States.
It is presumed, the Times said,
the Russian original will be ex-
amined carefully by Gen. Eisen-
hover and his aides for tranSla-
ton shadingS impossible of precise
translation due to the haste in
converting the message into Eng
lish for use on Christmas Day.
The Times said representatives
of Gen. Eisenhower may want
to hold lengthy conferences to de-
termine the prospects implied OF
new steps toward Korean and
world peace" between the U. s..
and U. S. S. r.
During the past 10 years sew
eral newsnen have submitted
questionnaires on American-So-
Wet problems to Mr.. Stain and
received answers.