Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-25
Moscow Talks
Are Resumed
Under Strain
British Delegation
Obviously Shaken
By Russian BIust

MOSCOW, Feb. rs (AP) D.
Prime Minister Macmillan and
Premier Khrushchev had an
other long private talk today,
this time with the Russians
latest public attack on the
West as a wet blanket.
Mr.. Khrushchev and his chief
aides had lunch with Mr.. Mac
milan at a house assigned to
Mr.. Macmillan in the snowy
countryside at Uspenskoye, rs
miles from Moscow.
After lunch, Mr.. Khrushchev
and Mr.. Macmillan retired to
a private room for converse
tons on cold war issues, their
third such exchange since the
British leader arrived Saturday
on his To-day mission to Mos
COW. 1t was after S pm. when
they called it a day.
To Attend Ballet
/ Mr.. Macmillan and his For
eign Secretary, Selwyn Lloyd, |
are driving into Moscow this
evening to attend perform
ance of the Bolshoi Ballet given
in their honor.
1 Mr.. Macmillan was obviously
shaken by Mr.. KhrushchAV's
fiery statement at a political
meeting in the Kremlin yesteIA
day while his British guest waAI
away from Moscow. Mr.. |
Khrushchev said Russia sees
no point in a Big -Four foreign
ministers meeting, will not deal
with the Western allies on
German identification and still
plans to give the East Germans
control of allied supply routes
/ W WeSL bcIllll,
/ The earlier atmosphere of
great friendliness had been
largely dispelled for the Brit
ish by Mr.. Khrushchev's blunt
words and there was every in
dication Mr.. Macmillan would
press hard to determine
whether his mission to Moscow
has any chance of success.
Farley Taking to Air
A British informant said Mr..
Khrushchev will fly to Kiev to-
morrow in the same plane with
Mr. Macmillan,
This had not been on the
schedule. Mr. Macmillan andl
lMT. Lloyd were to have gone
alone to visit Kiev.
The aerial talks will be some
thing new. After two days in
Kiev. Mr.. Macmillan will leave
by plane Saturday morning for
a days stay in Leningrad, then
return for final formal talks
Sunday.
The British party is due
back in London Tuesday.
The sudden, free-wheeling
tactics of the Soviet Premier
caught Mr.. Macmillan off bal
ance half way through his 10
day visit.
Extraordinary Method"
Shocked by Mr.. Khru-
shehev's ebullience at a British
Embassy cocktail party last
, night a few hours after the
, Russian made a sudden biting
attack on the West, Mr.. Mac
milan comm ented in a
, stunned undertone:
This is an extraordinary
method of diplomacy" Mr..
Macmillan, suffering from a
heavy head cold and looking
weary, excused himself from
the party early while the
Soviet Premier bounced around
the room ioking and making
offhand quips to diplomats and
newsmen. The Prime Minister
spent the night at the country
villa, and today was reported
refreshed.
/ The Khrushchev attack on
the West came at a rally in the
. Kremlin while Mr.. Macmillan
was out of Moscow on visit
to the atom research station
at Dubna.
The Soviet Premier brushed
aside as obsolete the Western
proposal for foreign ministers
conference on Germany. In
, stead. he pumped again for
summit talks and sprung a sur
! prise by offering Britain nom
, aggression pact. Once more he
, insisted that German reunifi-
, cation was a matter for the
East and West German, govern
mentS, not the Big -Four.
Mr.. Macmillan was clearly
,, placed in an embarrassing posi-
l ton, as Mr.. Khrushchev obvi-
ously had not taken this line
with him in their first days of
talking. 1T set us back on our
heels after days of back
slapping," one British official
J said.