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GENEVA
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policy for the talks were the
four chief Western delegates:
DR.. James B. Fisk Of the
United States, Sir John Cock
croft Of Britain. Prof. Yves
Andre Rochard Of France and
DR.. Ormond Solandt Of Canada.
A seven-member Russian adj
vance party arrived last night.
1t included the delegation
chief. Prof. Yevgeni K. Fe-
dorov.
IL Aides Expected
Eleven more scientists and
aides were expected from
Prague today. Presumably
they were TO include delegates
from Czechoslovakia. Poland
and Romania. rounding out the
Communist group.
The Russian position has
changed disconcertingly in re-
cent weeks. In a May 9 note to
President Eisenhower. Soviet
Premier Khrushchev said he
would accept the American re-
quest for a conference on tech
ilical details lin spite Of the
serious doubts on our part"
In another note on May l2,
Mr.. Khrushchev said in effect:
How about my old demand for
immediate cessation of all test
ing? But ne still closed his
note with the assurance that
the American request for a
technical meeting at Geneva
July l was a good idea.
Then the note Of June IS said
the Soviet government would
go to Geneva for a quick tech-'
nical meeting and that "as a
result, agreement will be
reached on the suspension Of
nuclear weapons tests by all
powers possessing them"
No Policy Change
This seemed to imply that
an agreement by technicians
would make an agreement by
politicians automatic. 1t also
implied that the United States
must necessarily accept a ban
on tests, no matter what the
scientists decided.
Mr.. Eisenhower, meanwhile,
stressed that an agreement in
the technical conference would
not necessarily change any
body's stand on the test ban
itself. But he said an agreement
certainly would encourage such
a ban.
A statement to this effect by
Secretary Of State Dulles
brought a note from the Rus
SLAMS on June Is, saying 1.-The
Soviet government cannot dele
gate her experts" unless the
United States agrees definitely
there will be an end to all test
ing.
Ambassador Llewellyn E.
Thompson delivered a United
States note to Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrea Gromyko in
Moscow this morning. II was
understood the note explained
once again the United States
position on the talks.
Three Stages Urged
DR.. Fisk, the American dele
cation head who is vice presi-
dent of Bell Telephone Labora-
tories, has recommended that
the talks progress through
three stages.
The first would take up a
scientific and technical review
of methods for detecting nu-
clear explosions in far-distant
places. In the second stage the
delegates would seek to work
out how and where inspection
posts would have to be set up.
Only in the third stage would
there be discussion Of political
problems involved in the estab-
lishment of a warning system.
Chief among these is the par
ticipation of Communist China.
which is not represented at
the Geneva meeting.
Notes still haven't stopped.
Two over the week end seemed
to hedge somewhat. indicating
the Russian delegates would
start the conference but would
walk out if the United States
didn't quickly agree to end test
ing.
If the Russians negotiate,
then it will be the first definite.
short step taken toward a dis
armament agreement by the
cold war antagonists. It also
will be the first serious Soviet
acceptance Of the idea of in
spection.
If the conference succeeds
II will mean the end Of atomic
testing is clearly possible. 1t
also will mean that Russia
will accept a workable in
spection-something that could
lead to further inspection on
other disarmament phases.
But If the delegates don't
negotiate, then it will confirm
that the Soviet Union is not
interested in a workable agree
ment on disarmament. 1t will
be another indication Of q new,
hard Soviet line. q
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