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lsters' meeting and a heads
of-eovernment gathering.
In the most extended discus
sion of the summit subject to
date in the conference, Mr..
Gromyko said that any state
which puts artificial obstacles
VI the way of a summit confer
ence will take responsibility
FOR the consequences"
He opened his attack by say
ing some Western representa-
tives have been talking about
how a failure here would mean
90 summit conference.
The Soviet government con-
siders that the summit confer
ence should not be made the
subject of bargaining" Mr.
Gromyko said. 1T considered.
and still considers, a summit
conference as useful. 1t con-
siderS that one such meeting
or a number of such meetings
could successfully mark a turn
ing point for better interna-
tional relations.
Protests Obstacles
And if the Western powers
display their readiness to seek
solutions on outstanding QueS-
tons such solutions can be
reached.
IF there is any connection
between the Geneva conference
Of Foreign Ministers and a
summit conference this connec-
ton can be explained only in
such a way that no obstacles
should be laid down on the
road toward the conference of
the heads of government.
The Soviet representative
has stated that the Soviet
Union seeks and is DESTROYS to
reach agreement at the present
conference.-the to put any
artificial obstacle on the road
to the summit conference
means to assume grave re-
sponsibility. Should any state
put up such obstacles to a sum-
nit meeting. that state will
take responsibility for the
consequences" +
On Day-to-Day Basis
The Soviet foreign minister
spoke at a semipublic meeting
in the Palace of Nations after
Mr.. Herter called on him to
state for the record what he
had told Mr.. Herter in a secret
session yesterday. /
Mr.. Herter and his Western
colleagues, who have declared
the conference to be on a day.
to-day basis now, carried their
onslaught against Soviet pro-
posals for an interim Berlin
settlement through the final
three-hour session Of the fifth /
week.
They have threatened to
break of next week unless the
Russians pull a diplomatic re-
treat over the week end.
Agreement was reached for a
secret session Monday.
This indicated Mr.. Herter,
Selwyn Lloyd of Britain and
Minister Maurice Couve de
Murville of France hold hope
however slight-that Mr.. Gro
myko will get orders from So
Wet Premier Nikita S. Khru-
shchev to back up.
At stake are the possibility
Of putting the Berlin crisis on
ice and the prospects for hold
ing a summit conference later
this year.
Two-Week Setback Seen
Mr.. Lloyd told today's ses-
sion that Mr.. Gromyko had
wrecked two weeks of work
Tuesday in his proposal Of a
one-year moratorium in the
Berlin crisis. 1t would be
backed by a Russian threat to
make a separate East German
peace treaty if the year failed
to produce agreement on an
alderman peace settlement
and West Berlin's future.
Mr.. Gromyko's contributions
on Tuesday and Wednesday"
Mr.. Lloyd said, seemed to me
to wipe out or cancel all the
work of the last IA days (of
negotiation over Berlin. /
suggest TO him and to my other ,
colleagues that we should for
get those two days and get
back to real business, to real !
negotiations" {
Mr.. Herter underscored an {
argument. made by Couve de !
Murville that there is in fact {
a double ultimatum involved:
First, a Soviet threat to sign
a separate peace with East s
Germany if the present con- {
ference fails; second, a threat ]
to sign such a treaty a year u
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