Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-26
Soviet Is Seen
Eager for Truce
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press stan writer

Aosoethtcu Ftess ctAu WIlbeI
United States officials believe
Russia wants a cold war truce
so strongly that it may be willing
to pay a substantial price in con-
Icessions to the West.
These authorities expect a Pc
Rod Of hard bargaining. how
ever. in which the Western
powers can achieve their aims
only If they keep up their
strength and insist on what they
consider reasonable settlements
of major East-West issues.
Some leaders are reported to
believe 1t is entirely possible that
Russia win agree to the unifica-
ltion of Germany on terms desired
by the Western powers in about
two years. Secretary of State
Dulles is understood to hold this
view.
New estimates Of Russia's real
interest in forthcoming East
West negotiations have been
made here following last months
summit conference at Geneva.
Basis of U. S. Approach
I As a result, the United States
approach to further talks seems
certain to be based on the idea
that II the western nations are
firm enough in their proposals
and in their unity, the Russians
will come around to acceptable
agreements.
Apparently it was thinking
along this line which prompted
the heavy emphasis that Presi.
dent Eisenhower gave in a speech
Ion Wednesday to- the argument
that the free nations must not
accept the present division of the
world. To avoid "a false peace"
he said, there must be insistence
on German uniflcation, greater
freedom for Eastern European
nations and an end to inter-
national Communist subversion.
Vice President Nixon included
the same points last night in a
speech which, like Mr.. Eisenhow-
er's was delivered before the
American Bar Association in
Philadelphia.
Some days before the Presi-
dent made his speech Secretary
Of State Dulles had sent a policy
guidance message to American
ambassadors over the world
along the same line stressing
heavily, as the President did
publicly, the idea that the spirit
of friendliness developed with
the Russians at the Geneva
meeting is not an end In itself
but only an opportunity for ne
gotiating peace settlements.
Fundamental to the success Of
this approach to the Russians,
officials said today. is the neces-
sity for the Western powers par
ticularly not to relax the mill
tary strength which they have
built UP at the cost of many bill
lions of dollars over the past six
years.
Some Anxiety Felt
There has been some appre-
hension, especially in the State
Department, that people all over
the world might be taken in by
Russia's campaign to win good
will and might mistake what Mr..
Eisenhower calls a false peace"
for the real peace.
A presidential report to Con-
gress last night on foreign aid
activities up to June 80 told of
Accomplishments in building I'D
free world strength.
/ Administration leaders are
understood to be convinced that
this build-up is one of the things
which has persuaded the Rus
slams to seek to ease tensions.
But they base their assessment
also on other factors such as a
retaliation of the destructiveness
Iof the H-bomb, agricultural and
industrial problems within Rus-
STA and a possible Russian hope
that easing of tensions might
cause the free world to relax.