Evening star., 1960-05-19
PRESS CONFERENCE EXCERPTS
Khrushchev Defiant, AssoiIs U. S.,
Says We Will Not Be Broken

terday. .
Now in Paris the United
States President comes out
with a statement that the
United States has suspended its
flights" and is not going to re-
sumo them. Referring to this
phrase some of you ask what
else the Soviet Union wants.
Has not the threat of flights by
American military aircraft over
the Soviet Union been re-
moved? This statement could
perhaps satisfy the fiunkeys of
imperialism. The imperialists
are in the habit of acting like
the Russian merchants used to
in the past: They would spread
mustard on the lips of their
servants while the latter would
say thank you and bow low.
We cannot reconcile our
selves with insults, we have our
own pride and our own dig
nifty. We represent a mighty
Socialist state.
But then Eisenhower said at
the preliminary meeting on
May Is that the meaning of
his words was that those flights
would not be resumed for that
period during which he would
continue to hold the presiden-
tial Office. Eisenhower said
that, naturally. he did not
know what decision would be
taken by the next President.
Threatens Retaliation
But international relations
cannot be based on the term
Of Office of this or that respon-
Sible person, otherwise what
would be the value of interna-
tional agreements?
OF course, President Eisen-
hover can decide to send or not
to send the planes. But whether
they will be able to fly over our
territory is another matter.
This is for us to decide and de-
eide we do in a very definite
way: We shall shoot these
planes down, we shall strike
devastating blows at the bases
from which they take off and
at those who established these
bases and actually run them.
He could not help being sur
prised by the threat-like state
ment of Eisenhower to the ef-
feet that he intended to submit
to the U. N. new open skies"
plan. When the Pentagon real
lied that the Soviet skies were
barred for American espionage
aircraft it apparently decided
to send planes with the same
aims but under the U. N. flag.
1t is to be assumed that the
United Nations is neither a
state in the United States nor
a branch of the Pentagon and
will refuse to play such a hu-
initiating role.
We have done all in our
power to prepare the meeting
of the four heads of govern
ment well. but certain hot
heads in the United States tor
pedoed it before it could start.
Sees World Sympathy
I repeat, ladies and gentle
men. the Soviet Union is firm
ly in favor of peaceful CO.
existence, of negotiations, of
attaining reasonable mutually
acceptable agreements. We
shall work in this direction
convinced that our peace-lov-
ing policy is finding sympathy
and understanding among all
nations, and we would like to
believe that the leaders of the
Western powers will strive for
this also, so that in six to
eight months time we shall
once again meet with our part
nerS in a new and more IA
vorable atmosphere to discuss
and solve outstanding inter-
national issues II they display
interest and agree to this meet
ing and create a political at
mosphere necessary for such a
.meeting-in other words, will
not undertake provocations
against Socialist countries.
This hour can come about
even sooner, but only in the
event that everybody under
stands that no one shall intim-
idate the Soviet Union by any
provocative actions. We will
not be brokenl Talks and
agreements with us can and
must be undertaken only on
an equal footing, without threat
Or blackmail.
Today I paid a farewell call
on the President of France. !
am glad that the common de-
sire became apparent to exert
further efforts for the develop
ment and strengthening of our
relations in all directions. I
express my satisfaction that
the President and I have a
common understanding on this
most important question.
Grateful to Macmillan
I would also like to express
my gratitude to the Prime Min
lister of Great Britain, Mr..
Macmillan, for his participa-
ton and the zeal he displayed
to make the summit conference
possible.
True, along with that I can
not but express some regret
Had the President of France
and the Prime Minister of
Great Britain taken the posi-
ton of effectively evaluating
the facts and not given in for
the sake of their ties of alli-
ance, had they shown more will,
power, the leaders of the
United States might have beer
compelled to condemn theil
aggressive actions, and thus
the conditions would have beer
created for the summit confer.