Evening star., 1958-07-02
President Says
Soviet Disrupts
Summit Plans
Charge of stGlIing
Denied in Letter
To Khrushchev
BY GARNETT d. HORNER
star stan Writer

ny OANONE1I u Ds nOk6NEn
star stan Writer
President Eisenhower today
accused the Soviet Union Of
disrupting diplomatic prepara-
tions for a possible summit
meeting.
The President also charged
the Russians with apparent
unwillingnesS to negotiate seri-
ously on concrete points at |
issue" between the Western
powers and the Soviet.
Mr.. Eisenhower made his
charges in replying to a June II |
letter from Soviet Premier
Khrushchev which had COM
planned that the West was try
ing to stall of a summit meet
ing Russia wanted.
Denying the KhruShchev
charge, Mr.. Eisenhower wrote
the Soviet Premier that despite
Russia'S arbitrary" actions the
Western powers will continue
efforts to seek solutions of
major problems.
Position Restated
Restating the Western posi-
ton about a summit meeting, |
Mr.. Eisenhower said such q |
conference would be desirable
if it would provide opportunity
for serious discussions of
major problems and would be
an effective means of reaching
agreement on significant sub
iects."
He added that "there is no
evidence so far" that a sum-
NIT conference would meet |
these requirements in view of |
Soviet actions. THAT is why
the Western powers insist on
adequate preparatory work." he |
emphasized.
"The Soviet government in
stead has disrupted the dis
cusSions in Moscow by taking
upon itself to publish with
bare hours of warning and no
attempt at consultations the
documents exchanged between
it and the Western powers"
Mr.. Eisenhower asserted.
He referred to Soviet publi-
cation about the time of Mr..
Khrushchev's June II letter of
documents exchanged by the
Big Three Western ambassadors
with Soviet Foreign Minister
Gromyko during negotiations
designed to prepare the way
for a possible summit meeting
later.
Describing the Soviet action
as inconsistent with "the spirit
of serious preparation" guid-
ing the Western powers. Mr..
Eisenhower said cit cannot but
cast doubt on the intention Of
the Soviet government concern
ing the proper preparations for
a summit meeting"
Divergent Views Cited
The President urged Soviet
acceptance of earlier Western
proposals to avoid the difficulty
! in widely divergent" pro-
posals of East and West.
He said the Western ambaS-
sadors at Moscow are ready to
offer comments on the Soviet
agenda proposals and to clarity
Russian misconceptions" about
Western proposals. He insisted
that there should be no veto OF
any topic for discussion in the
preparatory stage.
/ The President asserted there
is no basis for Mr.. Khrush-
chev's charge that the Western
powers are trying to prevent a
summit meeting by listing some
of the great political issues
that create grave tension" for
possible discussions.
He asserted that a heads-of-
government meeting would not
respond to world hopes if the
conferees met under an in
junction that seals their lips so
that they could not even mem
ton the great political issues
that gravely trouble their rela-
tons and endanger world
peace"
The President insisted that
the Western powers cannot
agree that discussions between
their ambassadors and Mr..
Gromyko in Moscow should be
based exclusively on the Soviet
list of topics any more than
they would expect the Rus
slams to talk only about the
Western agenda proposals.
He called on Mr.. Khru-
shchev to advance some "ef-
fective and workable alterna-
tive" or accept the Western
proposal for breaking the
deadlock in the diplomatic
discussions if he is serious in
wanting to try to solve major
EaSt-West problems.