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BOOAhIlOLlS SIdTC April ~ llul-
Gated an acceptance of the
Western proposal.
Mr.. Eisenhower and Mr..
Dulles moved rapidly to correct
this impression.
The White House statement
said:
THE United States has re-
ceived at Moscow a reply to the
declaration which the United
States made on March 81 in
conjunction with the govern
ments of France and the United
Kingdom with reference to pre-
paratory work through diplo-
matte channels to determine
whether a summit meeting
would serve a useful purpose.
1.-THE Soviet reply is mani
testify not an acceptance to
this Western proposal.
1T (the Soviet reply pro-
poses that diplomatic prepara-
tory work shall not deal at all
with summit meeting but only
with the time, place and COM
position of a subsequent meet
ing Of foreign ministers.
THE implications of the note
will Of course be carefully
studied"
Dulles Sees President
The text Of the Russian reply
was not made public immedi-
ately.
Secretary Dulles took a trans
lation Of the Soviet note to the
White House at 1890 am. He
and Mr.. Eisenhower conferred
until about 1l:15 am. "a
The President left the White
House at 1920 am, driving to
National Airport to take OF for
a week end Of relaxation at the
Augusta National Golf Club.
Receipt Of the Russian reply
followed quickly on the return
to Moscow yesterday Of Mr..
Khrushchev. The Premier had
just wound UP a week-long visit
to Hungary.
Meanwhile, however. author
tiles here are uneasily aware
that the Soviet leader has two
more potential propaganda
bombshells in reserve if he
wants to follow up the recent
Soviet announcement Of a de-
cision to call of nuclear weap-
ons tests.
Might Halt Manufacture
Already there have been
hints from Mr.. Khrushchev
himself that the Soviet Union
at some point may announce a
decision to halt the manufac-
ture Of nuclear weapons. Mr..
Khrushchev said in a speech
last month that the great
powers were approaching the
point where they would have
all the nuclear weapons they
could ever conceivably use.
The other potential action
would be to announce some
time after United States nu-
clear experiments start in the
Pacific this spring that Russia
is canceling its own test sus-
pension-and put the blame on
the United States. When So
Wet Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko announced the sus-
pension he said Russia re-
served the right to resume test
ing unless other nations, mean
ing the United States and
Britain, followed suit.
Try to Pin Reds Down
The specific proposal TO begin
diplomatic talks-which carried
the implication that the West
would prefer to stop writing
propaganda letters on the sum-
NIT problem--is part Of q West
ern effort to pin the Com
munists down to hard facts
where possible.
On April 8 President Eisen-
hover followed this same pat
tern in challenging Mr.. Khru-
shchev to join the United States
and other nations in making
technical studies on disarma-
ment problems. This was the
main point Of the Presidents
reply TO formal notice from the
Soviet Premier Of the test-sus-
pension announcement. One Of
the problems which would come
up in technical studies would
be the problem Of international
policing Of an agreement TO ban
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