Evening star., 1955-05-25
West May Call for Meeting
Of Big Four July Is to Il
Lausanne as Site
Weighed; Final
Decision Waited
BY GARNETT D. HoRNER

The United States, Great
Britain and France are consid-
ering proposing to Russia that
the prospective top-level Big
Four conference be held July
1921. at Lausanne, Switzerland.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said today.
He emphasized. however, that
the three Western powers have
not reached any final decision
on the most desirable time and
place for the meeting.
Mr.. Hagerty said the pro-
posal to meet July 1921 at Lau-
same is merely lone of the pos
sibilities that are being con-
sidered at the present time for
submission to the Soviet"
Queried on Pinay Report
His remarks came in response
to queries about news dispatches
from Paris reporting that French
Foreign Minister Pinay had said
that President Eisenhower had
accepted" the July 1921 date.
Secretary of State Dulles told
news conference yesterday that
discussions still are gong on
among the three Western powers
about a desirable time and place
for the conference which Soviet
Premier Bulganin has agreed 20
attend with Mr.. Eisenhower and
the Prime Ministers of Britain
and France.
1t is understood here that the
United States has suggested that
several other dates and places
for the meeting would be ac-
ceptable as we'll as July 1921 at
Lausanne.
American officials are not
sure that the matter will be
settled before Mr.. Dulles. British
Foreign Secretary Macmillan and
Mr.. Pinay meet with Soviet For
eign Minister Molotov at San
Francisco during a session cele-
brating the tenth anniversary OF
the United Nations, June 20-26.
Mr.. Pinay had said the aues-
ton of the meeting place would
be left for the foreign ministers
to decide at San Francisco.
Won't Disclose Alternatives
Mr.. Hagerty refused to dis
close any alternative proposals
for a time and place for the
Big Four meeting that are being
discussed by the Western pow
ers. And he pointed out that
Russia still has not formally ac-
cepted a bid to the conference.
The July 1921 proposal is in
line with the Presidents asser-
tion at a recent news conference
that he believed three days
would be long enough for the
chiefs of government to meet in
an effort to lay out the course
to be followed by the Big Four
foreign ministers later in seek
ing solutions to major causes of
East-West tensions.
The Soviet newspaper Pravda
has blasted the idea of limiting
the conference to three days. in
dicating that Moscow will pro-
pose that the top-level confer
ence itself try to solve some
specific problems rather than
leave all the detail work to the
foreign ministers.
The Western powers two weeks
ago invited Russia to join in the
session. Secretary Dulles ex-
pected to have a definite Soviet
reply by this time.
Satellites an Issue
The Soviets have attacked
Mr.. Dulles and President Eli
senhower for broaching the
idea of discussing the Soviet
satellite states in Eastern Eu-
rope. Moscow has gone a long
way to emphasize its domination
of those countries is not a sub
ject for discussion. However,
both the President and Secre-
tary Dulles are convinced the
question is source of East
West tension and must be taken
up.
On the other hand, the Sow
lets recently advocated a kind
of unarmed neutrality for Ger
many. Mr.. Dulles rejected at
his news conference yesterday
any policy of neutrality for that
country. whose western portion
is now allied with the Western