Evening star., 1955-07-24
Big 4 Por|ey Adjourns
On Note of Success

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shall zhukov's departure from
the morning meeting with the
President noted that he smiled
cheerfully before disappearing
into the blue-curtained interior
Iof his official Zis limousine. A
few minutes later Presidential
Press Secretary James C. Hag-
lerty sounded a now familiar re-
Ifrain.
We're making progress, Mr..
Hagerty said. That's our posi-
ton and that's the truth"
The conference met in a re-
IStricted session at II am. with
each delegation limited to four
men. For the Americans, the
starting lineup was Mr.. Eisen-
hover, Secretary of State Dulles,
Assistant Secretary of State Liv-
Iingston Merchant and Herman
Phleger, legal adviser to the
State Department. Facing them
across the hollow-square table
was the Kremlin first team
Premier Bulganin, Communist
Boss Khrushchev. Foreign Min
lister Molotov and Marshal Zhu-
kov.
An hour later the American
team was changed. Presidential
Assistant Harold Stassen and
Robert Anderson, Deputy Secre-
tary Of Defense. replaced Mr..
Merchant and Mr.. Phleger. The
discussion had shifted from Eu-
ropean security to disarmament.
Hopeful Rumors Circulate
When the session broke up for
lunch at / pm, cheerful rumors
began circulating around the
city. The Russians were giving
way. 1t was becoming clearer
that Mr.. Molotov had only been
stalling last night until some
decision could be reached among
the Russians on the Eisenhower
offer to swap military informa-
ton. Although all details of what
went on in the restricted session
were withheld, the official word
had note Of triumph.
"It looks as If we were right"
reporters were told. 1.-THE morn
ing conversations were highly
Encouraging"
By the end of the lunch hour.
the terrace in front of American
delegation headquarters at the
Hotel du Rhone was jammed
with suitcases. Reporters follow
ing the President were alerted
for a quick takeoff from Geneva
early in the evening.
Conference Resumes
The conference resumed at 2
pm. Through the long. fidgety
afternoon, reporters milled about
the lobby of press headquarters
waiting for the final word or
pecked dispiritedly at typewrit-
ers in the workroom. A few curled
up on staircases for short cat
maps. At this stage, every juicy
conference rumor had long been
sucked dry and conversation
Jagged. Every few minutes,
loudspeakers throughout the
building summoned one or an
other for telephone consultation
with some harried editor in Lon
don, New York. Moscow or Ia
, greb.
A few miles away at the Palais
J des Nations a similar vigil was
taking place. Photographers set
up their tripods in the front en-
trance where the Big Four would
emerge. Reporters lounged in the
warm afternoon sun under the
watchful eyes Of Swiss police.
From the meeting room on the
second floor. meager reports OF
the conference trickled down.
The meeting had broken up for
a recess shortly after 3 pm. 1t
had resumed Is minutes later,
still restricted to four men on
each side.
Bulganin Brushed Aside
At exactly S pm. a sudden
commotion around the entrance
brought the crowd surging to
. the barriers. Marshal zhukov
Marshal Bulganin and Mr.
Khrushchev stood in the door,
way. A huge, open-top Zis swung
, into position. Marshal Bulganin
stepped forward to climb in and
was seized by the elbow by Mr.
Khrushchev, who brushed him
, aside and climbed in first. AS
, the car drove away, Marshal
. Bulganin and Mr.. Khrushchey
/ sat side-by side on the jump
] seats. Marshal Zhukov reclineo
on the back seat beside Mr.. Troy
Ianowsky. official Russian Inter
tIpreter. All Of them smiled and
waved as the car passed the
photographers stands.
MIR. Hagerty came out accom-
: Ina MED hv French and Russian