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urged the United States and
Britain to get on with the con-
ference quickly. An English
Language commentator, Niko-
lai Stolyarov, said:
1T is important to settle the
Middle East crisis without de-
laying a single day or even
an hour. =. We have removed
all barriers against a confer
ence for a peaceful settlement
of the Middle East situation"
Dulles Trip Near
Present arrangements by Sec
rotary Dulles appear to rule
but any possibility that the
West would accede to Mr..
Khrushchev's timetable. Mr..
Dulles, who would be expected
to sit with President Eisenhow-
er at any summit gathering,
goes to Europe this week end
for talks with West German
Adenauer and the opening ses-
sion Of a Baghdad pact confer
ence in London. He will not
return to Washington until
Tuesday. Z
Mr.. Hagerty said today he
knew Of no change in Mr..
Dulles plans or in the plan
announced yesterday for Ital-
ian Prime Minister Amintore
Fanfani to be here next Tues
day and Wednesday for con-
ferences with the President
and Secretary Dulles.
In New York, the United Ma
tons released the text of a
letter delivered last night by
Soviet Delegate Arkady A.
Sobolev to Secretary General
Dag Hammarskiold.
The letter. the Associated
Press reported, noted with sat-
isfaction Mr.. Hammarskj old's
agreement to take part in a
summit meeting with a view
to immediate action within the
framework of the Security
Council for the termination of
the military conflict which has
broken out in the Near and
Middle East"
1t expressed the hope that
Mr.. Hammarskjold will do
everything in his power to bring
about a positive solution to this
problem"
The United States denies
Soviet statements that armed
conflict already exists in the
Middle East.
No agenda for the summit
talks has been drawn up. Mr..
Khrushchev began last Satur-
day by proposing a five-power
summit meeting on the Middle
East crisis. In accepting the
Vests counterproposal for a
u. N. meeting, however. he APP
parently bid for a broadened
THE Security Council" he
wrote Mr.. Eisenhower, should
discuss the very important
questions of the protection of
peace and security"
Cover Wide Range
That could embrace disarm-
ament, European security,
German reunification-all the
points East and West have
been putting forward in the
eight months of inconclusive
explorations of summit con-
ference possibilities.
Mr.. Eisenhower. in his Tues
day letter to Mr.. Khrushchev.
mentioned "other problems"
that might be discussed at a
United Nations summit meet
ing along with the Middle East
situation. But this may have
been intended mainly to pave
the way for arraigning the
Soviet Union for its suppression
of the Hungarian freedom
fighters.
Ofhcials here appeared re-
luctant to allow the U. N.
meeting. If finally held. to
range over all the world prob
lens. But how they could stop
an airing Of all the major
points any leader wanted to
make was not clear.
! United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold
was reported to favor private
sessions Of the is or more gov
eminent chiefs who would as
semble in New York.
Would Curb Propaganda
That might inhibit the prop
uganda offensive which the
West expects from Mr.. Khru-
shchev. Whether it would aid
/ in reaching agreements was
another matter.
Among the uncertainties
about the U. N. summit con-
ference was the attitude Of