Evening star., 1955-10-15
Soviet Leaders
Top-LeyeI
Talks in Criinlea
MoIotov Is Notably
Absent as Policy for
Future Is Shaped

MOSCOW. Oct. is tP).SovietI
Premier Bulganin and Commu-I
mist Party Boss Nikita Khrush-
Ichev are holding top-level con-
Iferences in the Crimea with their
chief military. trade and political
aides.
It was widely supposed here
that the Soviet line for the Big
Four Foreign Ministers Confer
|ence in Geneva. President Eisen-I
|hower's latest letter to Marshall
IBulganin on disarmament and
preparations for the 10th Com
ImuniSt Party Congress to be held
next February were being dis-I
|cusSed.
Conspicuously absent from the
talks at SeyaStopol was Soviet
Foreign Minister v. NJ. Molotov.
who recently confessed to an
theological error.
Tass. official Soviet news
agency, said the leaders Of the
party and government" were
assembled at Seyastopoi.
Pre- Geneva Farley
Among those reported present
were A. !. Mikoyan, the foreign
trade expert: Marshal GeorgiI
Zhukoy. the defense chief: Pres
Iident Marshal Klementi Voro-|
|shilov. Navy Minister. Admiral
m. q. Kuznetzoy, "A. ]. Kirichen-I
ko, first secretary Of the Ukranian
Communist Party, and Admiral
Is. G. Gorshkoy.
The presence OF Marshal zhu-
kov and Admiral Kuznetzov led
to speculation that the pre-Ge-l
neva conference was being held
60 study the recent letter from
President Eisenhower TO Mar
shal Bulganin offering to con-
slider the Soviet proposal to ex-l
change mutual disarmament in-
spection teams at strategic ports
and communication centers. The /
offer was made contingent onI
the Russians giving considera-
tion TO the Eisenhower plan for
aerial inspection and an ex-
change Of military blueprints.
Disarmament Is q big ques-
ton expected to come UP ct the
Geneva conference opening Oc-
tober a..
Mr.. Molotoy's confession Of /
idealogieal errors made 1t clear
that the Goth Communist Party
congress once more viii claim
that socialism has been achieved
Ii the Soviet Union and that the
country is ready to proceed to
Communism.
The Soviet press has been
filled with articles on what should
come up at this party congress.
Khrushchev Speaks
Mr.. Khrushchev was disclosed
to have made a major speech
lat Sevastopol Thursday. The
Tass report said the party boss
frankly admitted there are 'tquite
la few" faults in the Soviet ad-
ministration and urged that I'VE
should see our drawbacks ins
time
He gave the first top-level
accounting Of the progress this
year Of the governments CAM
paign to lift agricultural pro-
duction. especially oy putting
vast areas of virgin lands into
cultivation.
1T Is true that in certain
eastern regions. as a result of
drought. there has been q low
crop but in spite of that in the |
whole country there has been
collected more wheat than dur
ing preceding years. he said. |
Animal husbandry Is getting |
better and as q result there has
been a considerably increased
production and storing of meat, |
milk and other animal products |
though this is still somewhat
'littlish.'
Marshall Voroshilov went to
Sevastopol to present to the city
the Red banner In honor of its
heroic defense against a Brit
ish-F French attack In the
Crimean war 100 years ago and
its resistance to Hitler's armies
In World War II.