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lists here. too, however, and in
our country. as you know, the
usual form Of address is Com
rades," instead Of Gentlemen. "
And ! hope there are some
people among the Americans
present here who would not
protest II I would address them
as comrades, too. But to be on
the safe side, / will say Gen
tlemen." Gaughter)
I hope that journalists not
only write, but read, too.
Laughter.)
And If journalists do read,
then they would know that on
the first Of october. 1859, will
be the tenth anniversary since
the day when the workers and
peasants of - here Mr.. Khru-
shchev made a mistake and said
"of America" instead Of
"China," and said that you
mustn't think that he had any
thing on his mind which would
be unpleasant to you. Gaugh-
teri
the tenth anniversary of
the day when the workers and
peasants of China took over
power in that country. and
they will have a solemn special
ceremonies there as they do in
the Soviet Union when 1t is an
anniversary Of the october
revolution which we consider to
be a great date in the history
Of mankind.
Five years ago I headed the
Soviet delegation which went
to China for the fifth anniver-
sary of the establishment Of a
Peoples Republic in China. We
have now been invited by the
Chinese Government to come
again for the tenth anniversary.
and so the schedule is that ]
will have to return to the So
Wet Union on the 28th. and
leave for China, for Picking. on
the 29th. That will be quite a
heavy schedule. but it is great
honor for me to be invited to
visit our Chinese friends.
Since the ceremonies there
will begin a couple of days earl
Ter, the delegation. until I ar
rive, will be headed by our Com
rade Suslov, who will make the
speech lor our delegation.
MIR. LAWRENCE. - Mr.
Chairman, can you summarize
for us, in your speech today,
have you offered any specifi-
cally new proposals that have
not been put forward before
for easing world tensions?
PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV-
We'll, one cannot think UP Of
new problems. We must first
settle the problems that have
already arisen and are ripe fol
solution. And we should not di'
vert ourselves to discussing OF
to considering secondary ques-
tons until the Fundamental
ones have been settled. There
fore, I would agree if someone
were to say that I did not put
forward any new questions ir
my speech, but as they say
repetition is the mother OF
knowledge.
We are a pretty persistent
people, and we think that we
should continue to try to set
tie those problems which have
already arisen and which con-
tain within themselves the
sparks Of a possible new con-
flict. Those sparks should be
put out certainly.
MIR. LAWRENCE-There Is
great interest here, Mr.. Khru-
shchev, in the situation as re.
CARDS the Jewish minority
within the Soviet Union.
Can you clarity for us your
self what the status of those
people are as regards equality
Of opportunity?
PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV-
I think one of the facts which
characterize the position Of
the Jewish people in our coun-
try is the fact that among the
persons who took foremost part
in the launching of the rocket
to the moon the representa-
tives of the Jewish people hold
a place Of honor. In general,
the national problem does not
exist in our country. The ques-
ton Of a mans religion is not
asked in our country. It is a
matter for the conscience of
the person concerned. We look
upon a person as a person.
In our country Russians,
Jews. UkranianS, TurkmenS,
UzbekS, Byelo-R Russians, Geor-
gians. Armenians-if I started
to enumerate all the nation
alities in our country I am
afraid the question period
would be taken up by that emu
meration. They all live in peace
and close friendship in our
country. and we are very proud
Of the fact that the national
problem does not exist in our
country, that all the many
nationalities inhabiting the
Soviet Union are together
marching toward one common
aim.
Premier Explains