Evening star., 1960-03-24

EALlG. MAI. "a NAEJ.7EIS-
Kier Nikita s. Khrushchev
pressed his campaign today for
q MoScow-Paris axis to replace
the growing alliance between
France and West Germany.
The Soviet leader again as
sailed West Germany and en-
phasized that he believe d
France and the Soviet Union
together could be a force to
maintain peace on the conti-
nent.
Mr.. KhruShchev made his re-
marks in response to a toast to
peace given by Premier Michel
Debre at a luncheon in the
Hotel Matignon. Mr.. Debre's
official residence.
He suggested that the ulti-
mate in good relations between
France and the Soviet Union
would best be achieved by a
pact of nonaggreSsion be-
tween the two groupings of
states" He apparently re-
ferred to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization and it's
Communist counterpart, the
Warsaw pact.
Sees German Threat
French sources, without
quoting him directly, said ne
stressed the theme which he
brought out shortly after his
arrival yesterday for a pre-
summit visit with President
Charles de Gaulle:
Germany is a menace and
France should not trust her.
Mr.. KhruShchev held a two
hour private talk with Gen.
de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace
this morning. Two interpre-
tiers were the only persons
present as the two leaders
talked in Gen. de Gaulle's prl-
vate office.
The Premier and the Presi-
dent smiled pleasantly as tney
emerged and shook hands on
the palace steps Then Mr..
Khrushchev drove off through
the rain to lunch with Mr..
Debre.
The first talks were held in
a very good atmosphere. an
aide to Gen. de Gaulle said
A high French source said the
initial talk was largely explora-
tory and that Gen. de Gaulle
and Mr.. Khrushchev ranged
over several subjects in the
flrst OF their series of meetings
Mr.. Khrushchev arrived at
Gen. de Gaulle's Elysee Palace
IN pouring rain for the first
business talk of his lI-day visit
to France. Scores of policemen
lined the Premier's route from
the Foreign Office, where he is
staying, but few Parisians were
out.
Russian Seems Active
Despite a gruelling l8-hour
day of activity yesterday, the
65-year-old Soviet leader
Climbed quickly out of his car
and seemed little the worse for
wear.
No formal agenda was an
nounced for the Khrushchev-
De Gaulle talks, but the Soviet
Premier made his detectives
clear yesterday in three public
statements. These are his
aims:
l. To WOO France from her
new ties with West Germany
and replace the Paris-Bonn
alliance with a close French
Soviet understanding.
2. To plug for a German
peace treaty on Soviet lines.
3. To hammer away for dis
armament on Soviet terms.
4. To weaken the North At
lantic Treaty Organization and
the Western European Union,
to both of which West Ger
many belongs.
What headway he may make
is highly problematical. Gen.
de Gaulle maintained a courte-
GUS reserve throughout the
opening day Of the visit but
showed no sympathy with Mr..
Khrushchev's talk of new dan
ger from Germany. The French
President is no amateur at the
conference table, and he is a
stubborn man convinced of the
wisdom of his own judgment.
De GaulIe Speaks Out
Gen. de Gaulle aired his own
view on Germany publicly at a
banquet in the Soviet leaders
honor at the Elysee Palace last
night. In polite but firm words,
he declared the Germans "un-
abounded ambition" which had
twice menaced the continent in
this century, had disappeared.
He also disagreed with the