Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-26
British Glad Attend
Top | oIks, Russians Told

Germans attending as advisers.
The United States recognized
that Poland, Czechoslovalia and
q number Of other unspecified
countries shave q legitimate end
direct interest In certain mat
tiers which wiz be discussed In
the conference. It recognized
the possibility that they could
participate at o certain stage"
Thus, the United States and
it, allies skirted the issue Of
granting the Soviet bloc Spar
ityn In East West meetings.
The foreign ministers Of the
Big -Four would propose the
date. place, and agenda for the 7
projected summit conference.
the American note said. o.
The agenda for the heads Of
government meeting could In
clude "sone wider problems"
previously mentioned, by the
Soviet Union and the United
States.
/. Among these presumably
would be European security.
disarmament. disengagement.
foreign bases. and q nuclear
weapons test ban.
British Call for Treaty
While the British reserved
the right Of all participants to
raise any subjects for discus
sion, they also proposed spec
cincally that the foreign min
isters' agenda should include
questions relating to Germany.
including q peace treaty with
Germany and the question Of
Berlin" the Associated Press
reported.
The British note said:
"The purpose Of the foreign
ministers meeting should be to
reach positive agreements over
as wide a. field as possible and
in any case to narrow the diff
ferences between the respective
points Of view. and to prepare
constructive proposals for con-
sideration by a conference Of
heads of government later in
the summer"
The British note went on to
link the proposed Geneva '
meeting with the projected
summit conference: il
"On this understanding, and I
as soon as developments in the h
foreign ministers meeting
warrant holding a summit con- .
ference. Her Majesty's govern :
ment will be glad to particle .
pate in such a conference" !
Free Agsnda Urged r
The French insisted the
agenda for the foreign min
listers be as free as possible.
THE French government 9
does not attach any special I
Importance to one formula or
another" the note said, ION
condition that the formula al
lows to the position of each l
power its freedom of discus
sion" :
The United States note no.
tilted the sKremlin that inquiry |
would be made OF Switzerland |,
to see if Geneva facilities would
be ready for a Nay II foreign
ministers meeting. i,
United Nations Secretary
General Dag HammarSkjold
also will be consulted to see
if u N. facilities in Geneva
can be made available. the
American note said. !
The four '7esteTn messages
replied to Russia's March Q
note which accepted proposals
for foreign ministers meeting /
but asked that the agenda be
confined to the problem Of
West Berlin and a German |
peace treaty.
The Soviet Union proposed
last November q that West
Berlin be made a free city and
that American, British and
French occupation troops sta
toned there he evacuated. ID
Premier Khrushchev also
announced his governments IN
tention of turning over to Com
munist East German authori-
ties control of Berlin access
routes from the West If there
were no progress toward a new
status for Berlin. /
Won't Be "BIackmailed"
The notes to Moscow today
confirmed statements by Presi-1
dent Eisenhower and Presi-
dent de Gaulle at news confer
ences yesterday that a summit
conference will not be an auto
matte sequel to the lower level
May meeting 81
Mr.. Eisenhower told news
men the West would not be
bluffed or blacklnailed into a
top-level meeting.
He indicated, however. that
Mr.. Khrushchev has got to
get into the picture pretty wellp
IL any valid agreements are to
be made with Russia.
The President also indicated
he would go alone with sug-
gestions by Prime Minister
Macmillan and Premier Khru-
shchev for series of periodic
summit meetings if the atmos-
phere were right. |,
Insists on Progress
He defined his requirement
that the foreign ministers must
Justify a top-level meeting as
meaning only this, that there
was progress that justified it."
The President said he would
keep Secretary of State Dulles
"in some capacity" as long as
the Secretary felt he could con-
t!nue. He disclosed Mr.. dulles
is planning to go to Florida
for recreation and GONZALES
cence" next Monday. |
This will mean that the Sec
rotary will not participate d.
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