Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-14

VI OONlcI Asia, 10 wall OUT d
.snowstorm raging at Kabul. At
Fghanistan, final stop ON their
tour through non-Communist
1Asia.
In a final communique. Mar
Ashal Bulganin and Indian Prime
Minister Nehru called for "un-
conditional prohibition of nu-
Sclear and thermometer weap-
ons. along with a substantial
reduction of conventional arm
amentS. coupled with effective
international control"
But in a separate statement
to newsmen Marshal Bulganin
Aand Mr.. KhruShchev said the
Soviet Union could not disarm
unless the other big powers did.
Until atomic and hydrogen
weapons are banned complete
-ly and Internationally" they de-
Cleared, the Soviet Union is COM
PEELED to. and in the future will
stake care to, strengthen its de-
fensive capacity and produce
atomic and hydrogen weapons"
Big Crowds Bid GOOdby
The huge enthusiastic crowds
which greeted the Russians
everywhere on their four-week
tour of India and Burma again
were out to give a goodby oya-
ton. Touring loudspeakers and
free buses Swelled the outpour-
ing along the route to the air.
field and at the field itself.
II am leaving part of my heart
behind in India said Mr..
Khrushchev. echoing Indian
Prime Minister Nehru's state
ment when he wound up his
visit to Russia last June.
Our entire generation win re-
member your visit" Mr.. Nehru
replied.
But the Indian prime minister
took pains to reassure the non
Communist world. as he had
7 several times after his Russian
visitors blasts at the West. that
"our friendship with the Soviet
Union is not directed against
anybody"
Our getting close to the Sow
ct Union does not mean that We
are drawing away from others. "
Mr.. Nehru declared. "Indo-
Soviet friendship will be good
for the whole world"
? For India, the chief concrete
result of the visit appeared to
4 be an agreement announced in
the joint communique to expand
trade between the two nations.
= There was nothing said about
the many millions in gifts. grants
or other economic aid which
many Indians had expected to
materialize.
Instead, Russia agreed to sell
India a million tons of steel over
three-year period, besides
, equipment for oil production and
mining. In return the Soviets
1 said they would increase their
purchases of Indian raw ma
terialS and manufactured goods
! substantially with the hope that
the value of these goods will
equal the value of Indian pur-
chases from Russia"
The two nations also agreed
! to organize a regular service of
Indian and Soviet ships to carry
the expanded commerce.
= Pledge Cooperation
The communique exchanged
+. pledges of broad cooperation
and largely repeated a statement
Marshal Bulganin and Mr.. Nehru
: signed in Moscow.
In addition to insisting on the
! necessity of disarmament, the
two Premiers called again for
the admission of Communist
! China to the United Nations.
They said the disappointment
of the Foreign Ministers Con-
, ference in Geneva need be only
temporary. that every effort
4 should be continued for a re-
Taxation of international ten
sion" and for settlement Of
= differences solely through nego-
tiation.
: The Indian and Soviet leaders
, expressed the hope that con-
tinuing talks between the
/ United States and Red China
in Geneva at the ambassadorial
level would lead to Peiping-
2 Washington meetings lat higher
levels"
) This was in line with a pro-
? posal pushed by Red China for
some time for talks between
United States Secretary of State
Dulles and Chinese Premier
Chou En-lai. Washington,
! which does not recognize the
Peiping regime automatically,
= has not agreed to such talks.
The Soviet statement to the
press was in answer to questions
I selected from a number the
newsmen had submitted in adj
vance. Mr. Khrushchev and
Marshal Bulganin sat quietly by
as an interpreter read an Eng
1 liSh translation of their replies.
No Gid Promised
The Soviet leaders again ex-
pressed hope for close technical,
scientific and cultural co-opera-
ton with India but still made
no specific promises of outright
assistance.
The Russians repeated their
support for midas claim to the
Portuguese colonies on the west
: coast of India, saying whether
the colonizers want it or not,
& the colonizers will have to go
home"
They also again supported In
dia's claim to Kashmir, asserting,
while in Kashmir we witnessed
with what deep joy the people Of
Kashmir considered its territory
as an integral part of India"
Questions about possible liqui-
dalton of the Cominform, COM
munism's international propa-
inter DIV Cir WnIter