Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
u. 5. 10 Study
Air Inspection
Plan Of Soviet
Eisenhower Is Cool
To Ideo of Another
Summit Conference
BY EARL H. VOSS

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President Eisenhower today
pledged the United States to
very earnest study Of the Soviet
Unions new aerial inspection
proposal but cautiously avoided
encouraging Moscow efforts for
another summit meeting.
The Soviet Union last week
proposed an exchange Of Red
aerial inspection over the west
ern two-thirds of the United
States and Alaska for American
reconnaissance of Eastern ST.
IBERIA and the western fringe Of
Russia.
Mr.. Eisenhower said at his
news conference that this partial
acceptance of his own open
skies" principle, first proposed to
the Soviet leadership at the
Geneva summit conference In
1855. is evidence that more
honest and hard work Is being
done by disarmament negotiators
this year than heretofore.
The Presidents special dis
armament assistant. Harold E.
Stassen. is meeting in London
now with representatives Of the
Soviet Union, Britain. France
and Canada in q continuing
search for a world arms limita-
ton formula.
Cautious on Proposals
Mr.. Eisenhower did not ex-
press approval Of the specific
open skies proposal made by the
Soviet Union. however. He was
equally cautious about other re-
cent Soviet disarmament pro-
posals, such as the one calling
for withdrawal Of NATO and
Soviet-bloc troops from Central
Europe. or East and West Ger
many.
The British proposal for neu-
tralizing q zone to include East
and West Germany was made at
Geneva as a sort Of test tube
operation. the President re-
called. It could indicate
through inspection II everybody
would carry out his pledges as
expected and whether the neu-
tralized area could be expanded.
When this plan is expanded
to vital and critical areas, how
ever, Mr.. Eisenhower indicated
this would be a.different matter.
Nevertheless he said he be-
lieves the agreement on an arms
Limitation plan viii come about
through some such evolutionary
development as envis6ged in the
British proposal.
For that reason, he added, the
administration would receive the
Soviet idea sympathetically and
study 1t very earnestly.
No Formal Discussion
The Moscow leadership have
not suggested another summit
meeting formally. the President
informed q questioner who re-
ferred to Soviet feelers In the
press and elsewhere.
Before passing Judgment Mr..
Eisenhower said he would have
to know what 1t is the Soviet
leaders propose. Summit meet
ings are more than social gath
erings, he observed.
The world expects something
and press people demand news,
he added. II participants in q
summit meeting have no pros
poets for substantive action, the
exercise looks not only futile but
unwise. the President concluded.
The United States would
make no more atomic weapons,
small or large. II the Soviet
Union were to accept the Amer
lean proposal to stop production
of nuclear materials for making
weapons. the President said.
Would Abide by II
II 1t were agreed that all
nuclear materials were to go
into peaceful uses. the United
States would live up to the
agreement very rigidly. Mr..
Eisenhower emphasized. He said
he would expect inspection sys-
TENS to be effective enough to
see that other parties to the
agreement did the same.
There might be an oppor-
tunity to transform older and
larger nuclear bombs into
smaller ones. the President
added. but he did not know II
this point had been covered In
the London negotiations.
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