Evening star., 1955-06-27
West. 10 Offer
Reds Plan 10
End Arms Race
Formula Drown Up
At U. N. TuIks for
Study by Big Four
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWEF
Associated Press Stan Writer

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The United States, Britain and
France probably will propose at
next months Big Four summit
talks that Russia consider a
formula for reversing the arms
race in Europe.
The idea is one which Secre-
tary of State Dulles considered
with British Foreign Secretary
Harold Macmillan and French
Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay
during the past 10 days at New
York and San Francisco.
Mr.. Dulles returned yesterday
from United Nations 10th ami
versary ceremonies at San Fran
cisco He said he was gratifled
at Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov's response to American
demands for compensation in the
case of a United States Navy
patrol plane shot down by Soviet
jet fighters between Alaska and
Siberia last Wednesday.
Landing on an island, the
plane burned. Seven of the II
crewmen suffered burns or in
juries.
Mol0tov Note Made Public
The State Department made
public yesterday a note Mr..
Molotov handed Mr.. Dulles just
before both men left San Fran
cisco Saturday. The Soviets said
the airplane had violated Rus
sia's state frontier"
The American Government
said Soviet MICS blasted it in
a surprise assault while it was
over international waters. The
State Department said yester-
day there was mo possibility of
error" as to the United States
planes location.
Mr.. Molotov also said there
was an exchange" of gunf1re,
but the United States said the
American plane did not fire.
However, Mr.. Molotov ex-
pressed regret at the incident
and offered to pay one-half the
damage-an unprecedented offer
in such cases.
ut is gratifying that he ex-
pressed regret" Mr.. Dulles COM
mented. land at least expressed
willingness to make some repara-
tion. but it is not what we asked
for"
Soviet Note Blames U. S.
Apparently Mr.. Dulles intends
to discuss with President Eisen-
hover whether and how to press
a demand for total compensa-
ton.
The Soviet note, despite its
moderate tone, sought to place
blame for the incident on this
country, saying the United
States had not taken steps which
Russia had urged previously to
prevent "a repetition of undesir-
able Incidents"
But it spoke Of poor visibility
and conceded 1.-The possibility of
a mistake from one side or the
other"
The first mention of the in
cident within Russia itself, in a
dispatch by the news agency.
Tass, did not mention Mr.. Molo-
tov's offer to pay one-half the
damages.
Mr.. Dulles may be called upon
to report on the incident this
week to the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Com mittee, some of
whose members have said it
raises serious questions as to
whether this country should go
through with the Big -Four talks.
Farley Plans Unchanged
1t was evident from Mr.. Dulles
attitude, however, that the affair
no longer posed any threat of
upset to plans for Mr.. Eisen-
hover, Soviet Premier Bulganin,
Britain's Prime Minister Eden
and French Premier Faure to
meet at Geneva July Is.
Plans for the meeting were
considered at foreign ministers
sessions in New York and subse-
quent talks in San Francisco.
These talks dwelt at length on
the problems of arms reduction
and several specific principles
were reported as appealing to the
three Western ministers:
/. Russia. with perhaps severe
economic problems at home, is
believed to be interested in
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