Evening star., 1960-04-03
KHRUSHcHEV
Soviet Boss and De GouIIe Agree
Disarmament Is Top Problem

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greSter the role Of France will
be 0n world affairs. France
has always been . good and
worthy friend"
In the communique, Mr..
Khfushchev and Gen. de
Gaulle said sthey hope the
development Of relations be-
tween the Soviet Union and
France In q spirit Of friend
ship and cooperation viii
contribute to q lessening Of in
ternational tensions.
Much Of the 51a-page COM
munique was Devoted to the
hope for development Of in
creased commercial relations
between France and the Soviet
Union. It pledged to continue
and expand commercial agree
ments through the year 1865.
The communique approved
continuing personal contacts
between the leaders Of the big
powers and expressed hope
that the summit meeting viii
lead to "a new lessening Of In
ternational tensions"
De Gaulle to Visit Russia
Gen. de Gaulle has accepted
Mr.. Khrushchev's invitation to
visit the Soviet Union, it said.
The date will be fixed later.
The communique was mild In
tone-as might be expected Of
such q diplomatic document
and gave no hint that the talks
Of the sometimes fiery Soviet
leader and the often stubborn
French President were any
thing other than amiable.
Mr.. Khrushchev was obvi-
ously determined to end his
visit in display of good will
and good manners. Not once in
his speech or news conference
did he raise his voice. He was
full in his praise Of the Soviet
Union and he was liberal with |
compliments for French genius
The final communiuue said
the two men had conducted |
their talks with a view toward
forthcoming summit talks,
which start in Paris May is.
Might Accept Delay
Discussing Germany at the
news conference. Mr.. Khru-
shchev implied he would. agree
to Q delay in settling the ques-
tion of a German peace treaty !
II, for example, the May sum-
NIT meeting reaches accord on
disarmament. He then limited |
that should this prove the case
another summit meeting could
follow in June.
He apparently cited June In |
an off-the-cud reference and he
may have only meant to specify |
q later, but not definite date.
Mr.. Khrushchev held the
news conference at Rambouil-
let Chateau, summer home Of !
Gen. de Gaulle. 1t was attended
by 1000 newsmen.
We have worked we'll and
done much" Mr.. Khrushchev
said,
Throughout the news con-
ference, he was on his best be-
havior. With TV cameras look
ing in, he flelded every ques-
tion.hke a diplomat and seemed
determined to impress his hosts
with sober, serious responses.
Calm About Germany
The question of Germany
which has prompted angry out
bursts from the Soviet premier
In the past-brought no hint
Of anger to his voice even when |
he reiterated his threat to sign
a unilateral treaty with Com
muniSt East Germany if a gen.
eral settlement Is long deferred.
If we fail to make our old
allies understand and If we
are forced to sign a peace
treaty" Mr.. Khrushchev said, !
that would be undesirable.
But not only we will sign, other
countries will sign as we'll.
when the treaty is signed,
1t must be understood that the
(East) German Democratic
Republic will have sovereign
rights on its territory and all
the consequences Of the (World
War ID capitulation will be
lost and all rights Of the oc-
cupying powers will lose their
validity. ! have said that many
times"
He said the German uues-
tion and disarmament are sep
arate problems for the summit
meeting. He said he would
consider 1t acceptable. "for ex-
ample" If an understanding
was reached in May on disarm-
ament and an agreement was
reached in June on a German
treaty.
Other Summit Sessions
When the United States
Britain, France and the Soviet
Union got together on the Nav
16 date, it was tacitly agreed
summit sessions would follow
IN Moscow. London and Wash
lngton but no timetable was
set.
Mr.. Khrushchev refused to
be drawn into an argument
with the French over nuclear
affairs. France exploded her
second experimental atom
bomb yesterday in a move
widely interpreted as a slight
to Mr.. Khrushchev, even
though he had been warned in
advance.