Evening star., 1960-07-19
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BY MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
Associated Press stan Writer

President Eisenhower confers
today with key advisers on how
to deal with the Soviet Unions
increasingly bitter propaganda
attacks on the United States.
The President called to the
summer White House for an
afternoon meeting a strategy
mapping team headed by Secre-
tary of State Herter and
Charles E. (Chip) Bohlen,
former Ambassador to Moscow
and now a State Department
specialist on Russian problems.
Also scheduled to sit in were
Foy D. Kohler, Assistant Secre-
tary of State for European
Affairs. and Francis o. Wilcox,
Assistant Secretary in charge
of United Nations matters.
In advance of these appoint
ments, the President played a
round of golf this morning,
starting a few minutes after
8 o'clock.
The array of officials, whose
top concern at the moment is
the Kremlin propaganda offen-
STe, underscores the adminiS-
tration's apparent decision that
the time has come to get tough
with RuSsia-to slam back at
vicious anti-American charges.
Secretary Herter and his
party took off from Washing
ton National Airport for New
port shortly after noon in a
light rain.
Mr.. Herter said it had not
been decided whether he would
hold a press conference at
Newport before he returned
late this afternoon or whether
he will hold a press conference
tomorrow in Washington.
An Eisenhower spokesman
said the conference today will
deal with:
/. Shaping the United States
reply before the United Ma
tions Security Council to So
Wet charges that the American
Air Force is engaged in aggres-
Sive activities threatening
peace. That accusation is
pegged specifically to the July
episode of the United States
RB-47 plane.
The reconnaissance aircraft
was shot down in the Arctic
by the Russians, who claim the
plane violated Soviet frontiers.
Washington denies it, saying
the plane was over interna-
tional waters and not within
80 miles of Soviet waters, ter
ritory or air space.
The U. N. Council may start
debate on the matter tomor-
row. Mr.. Eisenhower has well
coined the opportunity to focus
world attention on what he has
termed the lawleSS actions
and reckless threats OF the So
Wet government"
2. The strife in the newly
independent Congo. Russia
has accused the United States
of trying to undermine Congo
freedom. The White House
reply: How ridiculous can they
get?"
The problem of restoring Or
der in the Congo, also being
dealt with by the U. N. Security
Council, has been aggravated
by a Congolese ultimatum to
Belgium to get its troops out of
the new nation, a former Bel
gian colony.
If the Belgians don't get out,
the Congo officials have warned,
Soviet forces will be invited in.
3. The Cuban problem, also a
Security Council issue. Cuba's
Castro regime has charged the
United States with aggressive
intent. Mr.. Eisenhower has
stated that the Castro govern
ment is deliberately hostile to
the United States.
Russia fits into that picture
by virtue of Soviet Premier
KhruShchev's pledge of full sup
port to Premier CaStro-and a
threat to hit this country with
Soviet rockets if it dares inter-
vene in Cuba.
Mr.. Herter told newsmen as
he left Washington that the
conference also was to deal
with disarmament.