Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-08

tunity. Perhaps it really was
illusion created BY shrewd SO
the hopeful comments Of
United States negotiatOr Har-
old Z. Stassen and various
earnest statements by Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Certainly ct one point during
the five-poWer disarmament
session which began last
March in London and ended
yesterday-there did seem to
be real progress toward solv-
ing some Of the most dificult
and most important problems
now before the world.
The atomic stockpiles Of the
United States and the Soviet
Union stiIl are increasing. Every
other country in the world has
an unlimited opportunity to
develop its own atomic arsenal
its full potential for bringing
nuclear devastation on the
world.
Forum Changes
The end Of the London talks
switched the forum for dis
armament debate to the United
Nations in New York. The dis
cussion will 60 on there in
the General Assembly and the
Soviet Union is expected to
try TO enlarge the flve-power
group to nine. 10 or q dozen
powers.
Next year. as has been true
Just about every year since
1915, the major nations win
get together again to talk
about practical steps for cut
ting military burdens. bring
ing atomic weapons under
control and narrowing the
chances for q war that could
destroy civilization.
Diplomats additionally deal
with apparently hopeless situa-
tions and additionally never
give up hope. Mr.. Stassen out
does the diplomats in his deter
mined optimism. He has the
reputation Of being the most
optimistic man In the United
States Government, and sew
eral times in the last five
months he clearly thought that
very gooo progress toward a
disarmament agreement had
been made.
Mr.. Stassen, who often spoke
at London with British. French
and Canadian support. dealt
across the table with Valerian
Zorin, who has the reputation
Of being . very skillful and
entirely typical Soviet diplo-
mat.
Line Of Good win
Early in the talks, when Mos
cows line was one Of showing
good will, Mr.. Zorin spoke with
a smile and displayed cordiality
in all his contacts with the
West. Later, when Nikita s.
Khrushchev, the Soviet Com
munist party chief. began to
talk tough. Mr.. Zorin lost his
geniality and opened Up on all
sorts Of Western proposals with
ruthless Figor.
The major results and fall
ures Of the London talks can be
summed up this way:
/. Preventing a surprise at
tack-the United States, Brit
ain. France and Canada
pressed for Soviet acceptance
Of Mr.. Eisenhower's 1855 "open
skies" plan. The Soviet Union,
which had ridiculed the prop0-
sal for an exchange of aerial
inspection between Russia and
the Western powers as an "es-
pionage" trick, finally agreed to
the open skies principle, with
creation Of inspection zones in
Europe and the Far East, also
In principle. But in the end
nothing concrete came Of the
agreement.
2. Hating atomic weapons
tests-the Soviet Union has
long demanded that the West
ern powers agree to call OF
tests in advance Of any other
disarmament agreement. Mr..
Zorin finally accepted Western
insistence that any test slls-
pension would have to be po-
Iced by international inspec-
tors. But this did not change
the fundamental argument be-
tween Moscow and Washing
ton over testing. because the
United States with its Western
allies ef0od firm IN the x,rOv,o