Evening star., 1960-09-15
Gall and Mr.. KS Safety

1t seems to us that there is little
common sense in the position taken by
those Americans who have sounded of,
either Indignantly or deriSively, against
our Governments decision to conf1ne
Nikita KhruShchev to Manhattan during
his visit there for the United Nations
General Assembly. Certainly, in terms
of both international law and the mans
personal safety, the decision strikes us
as being eminently correct, prudent and
justifiable, and the same holds true for
its application to such others as Cuba'S
Fidel Castro and the puppet Red die
tators of Albania and Hungary.
OF course, the propaganda-laden
Soviet protest argues vehemently to the
contrary. 1t accuses the United States
of an unlawful" and "unfriendly" act
aimed at worSening the global climate
"at a time when the heads Of many
states intend to make new efforts toward
easing international tension" Here is
an excellent example of how unabash-
edly the men of the Kremlin play fast
and loose with the truth. Actually, as
far as legality is concerned, there can
be no doubt whatever that our country
is wholly within it's rights in placing
strict limitations on Premier Khru-
Shchev's travels AS for the charge that
this constitutes hostility toward all
peace-loving Communists and their
tension-easing moves, what could be
more mockingly fraudulent and hypo-
critical in view of the USSR's crisis
breeding operations in places like Berlin,
the Congo and Cuba?
True, it may be less than hoSpitable
for our Government not to let Mr.. K.
travel wherever he pleases. He is COM
ing to our shores, however, not as a
guest, but as a completely unbidden
visitor displaying vast amount of gall
in demanding that the restrictions i'm
posed on him be removed forthwith. In
effect, although nobody has invited him
to drop in on us, he is insisting that we
give him the run of our house. To put
it mildly, this adds up to a rather
breathtaking mixture of booriShneSS and
effrontery, and it is doubly offensive
because Of the way in which he has
repeatedly reviled the United States and
insulted President Eisenhower since last
May, when he crudely called off the
1IGSAucllI pIOJcCCcO GLlp W 1OISoAd.
Small wonder that precious few of us
feel much friendlineSs toward him
now; small wonder, too, that his freedom
of movement is to be strictly limited
lest some harm befall him in America.
Granted, it is perhaps an incidental
fact that the severity of these reStric-
tions has been decided upon in part to
repay the Soviet Premier for some of his
anti-American abusivenesS. Neverthe-
less, as the State Department has en-
phasized, the primary reason for the
action is to insure the safety of his per-
son while on our soil, and we are glad
that Secretary Herter intends to adhere
to the decision despite the fact that it
has been ridiculed by some Americans
who ought to know better After all,
considering the several other contro-
versial leaders who will be at the Cen
eraI Assembly, the security problem in
volved here is slightly nightmarish
thing unprecedented in the U. MS
history, and people like Mr.. K should
not be allowed to make it worse by
traipsing about our country without
let or hindrance.