Evening star., 1958-05-07
BY RICHARD FRYKLUND

BY RICHARD FRYKLUND
European Correspondent Of The star
COPENHAGEN, May IAN
era Of illusion about Russia
and a summit conference viii
end today with the closing of
the conference Of North Allan
tic Treaty Organization foreign
ministers, the American dele
gates believe.
Governments-such as the
Scandinavian, British and Bel
gian-which have been urging
the West to take a quick trip
to the summit on the assump-
tion the Soviet Union will
compromise, there on ending
the cold war tensions, have
come to agree during the three
day conference that Premier
Nikita Khrushchev most likely
has nothing to offer and that
the West should proceed slow
ly and with caution. And seq
mentS Of the European public
which wanted to rush to the
summit also have had their
eyes opened, delegates here
agree.
In other words the American
hard line on a summit con-
ference has prevailed in
Europe.
Credit for achieving this new
realism must be shared by two
individuals ls-Secretary of State
Dulles and Premier Khru-
shchev.
Mr.. Dulles, spokesman for
the hard line since the summit
issue first began to hypnotic
Europe last fall, made his point
in two ways. He refused to let
the United States bulge on its
basic stand that President Eli
senhower should not sit down
with Mr.. KhruShchev until
Russia made it clear she would
negotiate in good faith. But at
the same time Mr.. Dulles was
flexible on points of procedure
and this finally impressed the
Europeans with American good
faith.
| MIR. Khrushchev on the other
hand slowly convinced Euro
peans he did not want to ease
the cold war. His insincerity,
delegates here say, was revealed
by the series Of notes to Mr.. Eli
senhower and other Western
heads of government, by his re-
fuSal to talk disarmament in
the United Nations and by his
excited denouncing of Ameri-
can bomber flights in the
Arctic followed by his blunt
rejection Of a Western inspec-
ton plan which would have
eliminated the danger from
such flights.
Feeling Submerged
There is still a wistful desire
on the part of a few foreign min
lsters here for some vague new
approach to the Kremlin, but
these ministers voluntarily
have submerged their feelings
in a common 15-nation stand
on summit policy. The NATO
position now is this:
/. The West must continue to
negotiate about a summit con-
ference without baking over
Soviet-imposed procedural re-
strictions.
2. The American, British and
French Ambassadors in Mos
COW must seek diligently any
area Of agreement with the So
Wet Union on issues Of disarm-
ament, arms inspection and
control, German uniflcation
and cultural exchanges.
3. The Ambassadors should
make sure any compromises
discussed would not weaken in
any way the NATO defensive
position.
4. If preliminary negotiations
clearly showed that q summit
meeting could make substantial
progress on at least two major
issues between the East and
West then the heads Of govern
ment should meet.
5. After summit talks, per-
manent commissions of Soviet
and Western "technicians"
should work out minute details
Of a broad agreement.
Hopes Are Dim
No Foreign Minister here
would be willing to bet this
formula will in fact bring an
agreement. Even Denmark's
Prime and Foreign Minister
H. C. Hansen, one of europe S
leading advocates of a trip to
the summit, says frankly now
that Russia has shown she is
not interested in a workable
compromise. Mr.. Hansen be-
lieveS today that the cautious,
safe approach of Mr.. Dulles IS
regrettably the only possible
one.
There is, in fact, a clear
feeling at this conference that
the summit is considerably
farther off than it seemed a
few months ago. A summit
conference may still happen
but Europe has lost the feeling
of inevitability.
The consensus Is that the
Soviet Union only wants Mr..