Evening star., 1953-10-28
Russia Must Prove
Honesty Of Purpose,
President Declares

President Eisenhower said to-
day a top-level Big Four meeting
of Western leaders with Soviet
Premier Malenkov would be per-
fectly hopeless until there was
evidence of an honest purpose
on RuSSia'S part.
The President emphasized at
his news conference. however.
that he is ready to go anywhere
or do anything that would be
productive in the cause of peace
whenever he sees anything to
convince him that the Russians
would go into such meeting in
good faith.
He said they could show an
honest purpose by any one of 100
different things. and that he
would not attempt to lay down
specific conditions.
In contrast with his chilly at
titude toward a Big Four meet
ing. the President said he is
constantly looking for a chance
to get together with British
Prime Minister Churchill for an
informal, friendly chat.
Has No Specific Plan.
He said no specific plan is
under way for arranging a meet
ing with Mr.. Churchill, but that
there is hope on both sides for
such a get together.
The talk about a Big Four
meeting came in response to a
new hint today from Andrei
. ViShinSky, Soviet delegate to the
United Nations. that Premier
Malenkov might be ready for
peace talks with Western chiefs
of state.
The President said he had not
studied Mr.. ViShinsky's remarks
in detail.
Mr.. Churchill has been plug
ging the idea of an informal
, meeting with Mr.. Malenkov, but
according to the Associated Press
he has promised Secretary of
State Dulles to delay any move
toward arranging one.
There has been speculation
Mr.. Churchill was planning to
go to Moscow by himself. He
repeatedly ~tuck to the view,
during recent talks with Mr..
Dulles in London, that some such
meeting is needed if the West is
to find out at first hand what
Premier Malenkov is like and
what his views may be.
Dulles Won Delay.
But officials said Mr.. Dulles
won an agreement from Mr..
Churchill not to take any direct
action, at least until Cd Moscow
replies to the latest Western
invitation for a Big Four Foreign
Ministers meeting, and 90
France and the other signers
have been given a chance to
ratify the proposed six-nation
European Defense Community.
The new Russian hint that
Mr.. Malenkov might be willing
to meet with his Western coun-
terparts came from RuSSia's
United Nations delegate, Andrei
VishinSky, who told U. N. COR
respondents in New York yeSter-
day there is no special
problem" in arranging face-to-
face discussions between Mr..
Malenkov and Western leaders.
He insisted such a meeting
could be called without a pre-
liminary test of the sincerity
and good intentions of the
Soviet Union" - the condition
Gen. Eisenhower and Mr.. Dulles
have laid down.
See Specific Reason.
State Department experts on
1Nuoold SdI ully A1OGCd AAl. VI
shinsky's remarks. Nearly all
were convinced the former Rus
sian foreign policy chief chose
this time to publicie Russian
views for a specific reason.
Some officials believed it likely
Mr.. VishinSky was trying to pub
licize RuSsia's professed willing
ness to talk about ending the
cold war in a move to soften an
imminent rejection by Moscow
of the Western Big Three" in
*vitation to attend a foreign min
listers meeting. The United
States, Britain and France have
formally proposed such a con-
ference be held in Lugano, Swift
zerland. on November 9 to con-
slider the deadlocked German and
Austrian peace negotiations.