Evening star., 1955-10-13
Eisenhower ReneWs
Arms Blueprint Plea
Letter Offers
ToMeet Reds
.HoIfwoy
BY GARNETT ID. HORNER
star stan correspnndenf


DENVER, Oct. i3.-President
Eisenhower has renewed from
his hospital bed . plea to Soviet
Premier Bulganin to help dispel
fear and suspicion" in the world
by agreeing to his military blue
print exchange-reciproca aerial
inspection proposal as Q step
toward disarmament.
He formally offered to meet
the Russians half way by accept
ling as part Of such q deal their
proposal for stationing inspec-
Ition teams at key points within
both countries as a further safe
guard against either launching
Ia surprise attack on the other.
These were the principal points
lin q letter to the Soviet Premier
prepared by Mr.. Eisenhower DUR
ing q bedside conference with
Secretary Of State Dulles here
Tuesday and made public late
yesterday after 1t was delivered
lin Moscow.
Reply to Bulganin
The Presidents letter was an
interim reply to q long Septem-
lber 19 message from Premier
Bulganin, tending to throw cold
water on the proposal with which
Mr.. Eisenhower startled the
world July q during the Big
Four summit" conference at
Geneva.
While not rejecting the Presi-
dents proposal outright, the
Soviet Premier argued that for
the United States and Russia to
exchange information about
their military establishments
would become significant only
jif agreement is achieved on the
reduction Of armaments and on
taking measures for the pro-
hibition of atomic weapons"
He also argued that American
and Soviet aerial inspection Of
each others territories could not
lead to effective progress to-
ward insuring security" without
extending the inspection to
American bases in allied coun-
tries.
The text of the Presidents LETT
ter follows:
II wish to thank you for your
letter of September 10, 1856,
about my Geneva proposal Of
July 81 that we exchange in
formation about military estab-
lishments and permit reciprocal
aerial inspection over our two
countries.
"You raise good many ques-.
jtions. and / shall not be able to
reply TO them until the doctors
let me do more than at present.
In any event. a full reply calls
for preliminary work by my
advisers and this is actively un-
Ider way.
II Am Encouraged
"Let me now say, however, that
I am encouraged that you are
giving such full consideration to
my Geneva proposal. hope
that we can agree on it. not as a
lcure-all, but, as said at Geneva,
to show spirit of nonaggres-
siveness on both sides and so to
create a fresh atmosphere which
would dispel much of the present
fear and suspicion. This, of it,,
self. would be worthwhile. It
would. / believe. make it more
possible to make progress in
terms of armament, which viii
satisfy the high hopes of our
peoples. and indeed of all the
world.
II have not forgotten your
proposal having to do with sta
ltioning inspection teams at key
points in our countries. and il
you feel this would help to create
the better spirit ! refer to, we
could accept that. too."
The Presidents agreement to
accept the inspection team pro-
posal too" was a reminder to
Premier Bulganin of a talk dur.
ing the Geneva Conference. Mr..
Eisenhower told a news confer
lence on August 4 that he had told
the Soviet leader that "if they
trusted that kind of inspection
system, it was all right with us;
we would adopt BOTH"