Evening star., 1953-12-23
American Reply
ToSovietAtonl
Note Due Soon
Procedure in Getting
Peace TuIks Started
Is Major Problem
By the Assoeioted Press

The United States probably
will send Russia a new note soon
welcoming it's avowed agree
ment to atomic talks and sug-
geSting ways to get them started.
Top officials, who are still
going over Moscow's Monday
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message with a magnifying
glass, have yet to decide pre-
cisely how this country should
proceed. Some authorities be-
lieve an exchange through nor
NAL diplomatic channels will be
undertaken.
However, such planning is
going forward in the State De-
partment and Atomic Energy
Commission on the assumption
that secret talks among the
world atomic powers will open
up under the sponsorship of
the United Nations Disarmament
Commission in late January
about month away.
Air May Be Cleared.
A preliminary exchange of
views which could be carried
on by ambassadors, or perhaps
by Secretary of State Dulles and
Foreign Minister Molotov at
the projected Berlin conference,
might serve to clear the air of
misunderstanding if any exist,
officials said.
The Russian note condition
ally agreeing to talks said
President Eisenhower proposal
for an international atomic
energy pool for peaceful pur-
poses needed clarification-ap-
parently on the point of what
the President would do about
weapons control.
Mr.. Dulles said yesterday the
world might see a recession of
the horror of atomic warfare" in
1854 as a result of Americas
initiative in reviving atomic
talks and Russian agreement to
participate.
Two Major Tasks Ahead.
Officials said two major moves
must now be worked out in de-
tail:
/. The international atomic
agency which Gen. Eisenhower
proposed in a United Nations
speech December 8 must be blue
printed so that the United States
will be able to spell out precisely
what kind of operation it would
like to see, with what kind of
management, and with what
safeguards against use for war
of any atomic materials contrib
uted for peaceful uses.
2. An answer must be worked
out to what appears to be a
modified Soviet proposal, which
probably represents the Krem-
Inns new approach" to the
problem of atomic control. Mos
cows note served notice that
the Soviet government would
propose in any talks held that
all participating nations pledge
themselves not to use atomic
weapons.
Soviet Change Indicated.
United Nations experts said
this was a change from RusSia'S
earlier insistence on barring the
manufacture or possession of
atomic weapons as a first step
in international control of atomic
energy. This country has in
sisted that a rigid inspection sys-
tenn be set up first.
The Soviet note made clear
that the Kremlin was not giving
up its demand for a complete
ban-but thought that a pledge
against use something like the
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years might be effective.
While Secretary Dulles dis
cussed the atomic outlook briefly
in speech with some optimism,
however cautious. experts said
the gulf between the basic posi-
tions of Russia and the United
States remains as wide as ever
on the basis of the positions they
have taken in the course of this
month. The real gain. according
to this view, lies only in the fact
that active talks may soon start
up again.
What Gen. Eisenhower sought
to do with his proposal was to
suggest way in which the Unit
ed States. Russia and such other
nations as Britain, Canada, Aus
tralia, South Africa spd Bel
gium could work together to pro-
duce atomic power for peaceful
purposes for many countries in