Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
THE FOREIGN SCENE
Peace-for a Time

Stain their father. genius. great
leader and teacher" In 1856, how
ever. he denounced Stain for con-
Quoting a reign of terror at the
very time he was writing of "ex-
ceeding tenderness and filial love-"
Suspicious Supported
Other reports last week tended
to support the suspicion that the
Soviet strategy was still to talk
peace while preparing for war.
From the Sudan, the worlds young
est nation QeSs than four months
old, came reports that negotiations
were under way with Communist
Czechoslovakia for purchase of
arms. Czech PIT boats, meanwhile.
were being delivered to Egypt in
Alexandria last week.
And from Japan came word that
the Soviet Unions mid-March
explosion of hydrogen bomb may
have been of better" and cheaper
kind than the United States has
exploded, using thorium instead of
uranium. A Japanese scientist,
Prof. Seitaro Koyama of Niigata
University, has tentatively reached
these conclusions after studying
radioactive fallout over Northern
Honshu Island.
MoScow'S intense drive to develop
an intercontinental ballistic missile
before the United States achieves
this ultimate weapon" has already
been reported.
1t was against this background
that last weeks announcements Of
Premier Bulganin and Party Boss
Khrushchev had TO be read.
Here were the main points they
made in their first four days on
British soil:
. Since war would mean the de-
struction of civilization, war must
be abolished.
. The Soviet Union is ready and
eager to improve East-West rela-
tons on a "step-by-step" basis.
Moscow is eager ito develop as
widely as possible commercial rela-
tions" with Britain.
. Contact with British political
leaders should be expanded.
. Cooperation with Britain in
economic, cultural, scientific and
technical fields should be increased.
When Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden and other British officials
tried to probe beneath the glitter
ing generalities. however, they re-
portedly found disappointment. The
Soviet Union refused, for instance,
to listen to British entreaties that
arms shipments to the Middle East
be jointly limited.
At one stage Mr.. Khrushchev
warned that IF you try to put
pressure on us and demand from
us the impossible. nothing will
come Of this
The Usuol Come
1t was. of course, stereotyped So
Wet practice to give away nothing
in the early stages of negotiation.
dAAO W odhC lllC COllCCSSlOlio LUZ JllC
last minutes. The Khrushchev boys
will stay in Britain until next week
end. The first hard bargaining"
sessions were said to be going on
this week end at Sir Anthony's
country home in Chequers, but any
real concessions were expected to be
withheld for the finale.
One version of what the Kremlin
leaders were up to was summarized
recently by one of the worlds old
est anti-Communists. Kores's Presi-
dent Sygnman Rhee: Actually, I
do not believe that Khrushchev and
Bulganin are so blind as to think
they are in any way fooling the
leaders of the worlds greatest free
nations. But they do understand
that democratic elections are soon
to be held. and they know that very
few political leaders dare to tell
the voters that more sacrifices will
have to be made and more dangers
faced. They are cynical enough to
see that they can use the very
fundamental processes Of democracy
as an aid in their effort to destroy
freedom"