Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-21

Sunday Conference Held 4.
President Eisenhower re-
turned to Washington from his
Gettysburg farm for the con-
ference, which was attended by
his top diplomatic and military
advisers.
In the course Of the confer
ence, Mr.. Hagerty released a
three-sentence statement on
American intentions which still
stood today as the only indi-
cation of high-level thinking
about the Khrushchev proposal
here:
THE United States is care
fully studying the Soviet note
and intends promptly. after
appropriate consultations, to
make a calm and constructive
response. 1t will not undercut
and. We hope, will enhance the
work of the United Nations
which has been so well begun.
We think it vital that the work
Of the United Nations Sc
curity Council theoretically
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Top Aides Present
President Eisenhower stepped
directly from the helicopter
that brought him from Gettys-
burg to his White House Office
at 1888 pm. yesterday. Seven
minutes later the conference
began.
Those present were Vice
President Richard Nixon, Sec
Rotary of State Dulles, Defense
Secretary McElroy. Gen. Ma
than F. Twining, chairman Of
the Joint Chiefs Of staff; Allen
Dulles, director Of the Central
Intelligence Agency; United
States Information Director
George Allen. Undersecretary
of State Christian Herter;
State Department Counselor
G. Frederick Reinhardt, VIII
liam NJ. Rountree. Assistant
Secretary of State for Near
East Affairs; White House
staff Secretary Brig. Gen. A.
j. Goodpaster and Mr.. Hagerty.
Mr.. Khrushchev apparently
abandoned his previous insiss-
'ence on parity at the summit
in his new proposal, suggest
ing that the leaders of Britain,
France, India and the United
States meet with him at Geneva.
He also proposed that United
Nations Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold be invited.
In his toughly worded state
ment Mr.. Khrushchev accused
the United States and Britain
of aggression in the Lebanon
and Jordan, and made ominous
reference to the Soviet Unions
intercontinental ballistic mis-
sile. which he reasserted is OPP
irrational.
British Foreign Secretary Sell
wyn Lloyd once more post
poned his Saturday evening de-
parture to have further con-
ferences with Secretary of State
Dulles. The two men met yester-
day morning. Then Mr.. Lloyd
went to New York for a long
luncheon conference with Sec
retary- General Hammarskjold
and British officials at the U. N.
Forum for Reds Feared
Trainers Of the Vests re-
Spouse TO the Russian proposal
are faced by the fact that If Mr..
Khrushchev were to be invited
to New York for either a Sc
curity Council or a General As
sembly session, he would be
afforded a new forum for Soviet
propaganda.
But there is some feeling here
that Mr.. Eisenhower, Mr.. Mac
milan and other Western lead
ers would have an opportunity
to expose what they regard as
hokum in the Soviet position.
Also, If the heads-of- govern
ment meeting were to be held
in the Security Council, Mr..
Khrushchev might be maneu-
vered into the position Of cast
ing another veto.
Last weeks voting in the Sc
curity Council shows the United
States and Britain to have at
least eight, and possibly nine
votes in the ll-member group
for the Western proposal to
strengthen the United Nations
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