Evening star., 1960-06-07
Talks Reopen
In Geneva on
Disarmament
Russia Charges
U. S. Subotoged
Paris Summit

GENEVA, June z (AP).-
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian Zorin opened a new
round Of EaSt-WeSt disarma-
ment talks today with a blast
against aggressive circles" in
the United States. He alleged
these Americans sabotaged the
Paris summit meeting and
sought to prevent peaceful CO.
existence.
Aggressive forces continue
to conduct their SubverSive &C
tions against peace and the Sc
curity of peoples and make even
more urgent and imperative the
solution of the disarmament
problem" Mr.. Zorin said.
A Western official said the
Russian echoed earlier charges
by Premier Nikita S. Khru-
Shchev-Without Mr.. Khru-
Shchev'S vehemence.
United States Ambassador
Frederick M. Eaton refused to
be drawn into polemics on the
summit breakdown. He told
Mr.. Zorin:
Il will not dignity this rou-
tine comment on the summit.
Our task here is to get on with
the discussion of measures for
disarmament, and I suggest we
do this"
Atmosphere Restrained
Despite Mr.. Zorin's remarks,
British Minister of State David
Ormsby-Gore told newsmen the
donation conference resumed
in a restrained and moderate
atmosphere after its six-week
recess.
Mr.. zorin presented and COM
mented on the revised Soviet
disarmament plan, announced
by Mr.. Khrushchev June 3.
Mr.. Eaton said the United
States government is subject
ing the new Khrushchev plan
to a serious and thorough
analysis.
Qualification of various as
poets of the Soviet position will
be necessary" the American
delegate added.
Western officials see little
hope of agreement if the Rus
slams insist as rigidly on the
main provisions of the new
plan as they did on Mr.. Khru-
schev'S first proposal.
Based on French Idea
Mr.. Zorin stressed that the
new Soviet proposals take up
a French idea for destruction
of rockets, bombers and all
other vehicles capable of deliv-
ering nuclear weapons. But he
linked this tightly with Soviet |
demands for liquidation of all |
foreign military bases. He said |
they exist only ''to station the
means of delivery of nuclear
weapons nearer to the frontiers
of the Socialist (CommuniSt) |
states"
A French spokesman said |
this emphasis on the liquida-
ton of bases was the string
attached to Mr.. Khrushchev'S
acceptance of controlled de-
struction of the means of nu-
clear delivery.
Commenting on the possibil- |
ity that the French might ac-
cept their proposal in it's new
form, the spokesman said: |
ANY deviation from the
French governments solidarity |
with her Western partners in
these negotiations is absolutely |
out of the question"
Western doubts centered on
the initial phase of Khru-
shchev's new plan, which would |
begin by destroying all means
of delivering nuclear weapons
and liquidating all foreign
bases.
Notification Effort Seen
They saw in this an attempt
to nullify the Western nuclear
deterrent to Communist ag-
greSsion.
United States officials ex-
pressed encouragement over
apparent recognition by the
Russians of the need after dis
armament for an international
peace force, which the West
insists is necessary. The Rus
slams hedged, however, by pro-
viding for control of such
force by the Security Council,
where the big power veto op-
crates.
Mr.. Khrushchev's provisions
for a control organization also
were considerably more de-
tailed than previous Soviet
disarmament proposals and
seemed to adopt a number of
Western ideas. But there still
seemed to be room for plenty
of discussion of the control
organizations powers.
The Western plan, cold
shoulder by the Russians be-
for the talks adjourned in
April, called for carefully con-
trolled disarmament in three
gradual stages, with each stage
90 ed to the previous stage. Il