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Rusk ond Gromyko Make Appeals
For Prompt End Of Arms Race
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and eliminating the threat of
anuclear and missile war.
The Russian made no refer
ence to the Berlin problem.
Before leaving Washington
Rusk also stressed the need to
halt the ever growing Stockpiles
OF weapons.
Hopes for Real Headway
The American secretary prom
Used that the United States
government would do every
thing possible to stem the arms
race and reduce world tensions.
He said I'VE will make some
real Roadway" if the other
participating nations approach
the Geneva talks in the right
spirit.
Hopeful as the Gromyko and
Rusk sta m emit appeared
when placed side by side, they
in no way obscured the naked
reality of the sharp conflict
dividing Washington and Mos
COW.
! Their statements, moreover,
were cancelled out somewhat
by a statement attributed to
Premier Khrushchev in Mos
COW that he was mot partic-
ularly optimistic" about the
chances of an agreement.
Mr.. Khrushchev, disappoint-
ed by his failure to get the
conference opened on a summit
plane, was quoted by Japan
csc sources. He was said to
have made the statement to
Japanese Ambassador Hisan-
ari Yamada during an hours
talk in which the japanese en-
voy delivered a message from
Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda
asking for Soviet cooperation
in banning nuclear tests.
Minor Gains Possible
The basic conflict is that the
United States and other west
ern powers are determined not
to risk a disarmament or nue.
lear test ban pact unless it
includes tight international en-
forcement measures to prevent
cheating. The Russians appear
equally determined not to accept
control provisions which they
charge would amount to an
infiltration of spies into their
closed communist world.
Diplomats felt the best pros
pect of any agreement lies in
some minor approach on nue.
lear tests but not in time to
meet President Kennedy's dead
line of late April when the
United States expects to begin
nuclear shots in the atmoS-
phere.
The last Khrushchev note to
Mr.. Kennedy on this subject
was looked upon by Westerners
as so disagreeable in tone as to
invite little optimism. How
ever, one experienced Western
diplomat said: THE Russians
always go into negotiations
with the hardest kind of ap-
proach and may accept COM
promises, even while continuing
violent propaganda"
Mr.. RuSk's first task will in
volve reasSuring the West Ger
mans that there has been no
radical shift in Americas policy
on German problems.
West Germans Watch
West Germany is not a par
ticipant in the general disarma-
ment talks. Bonn decided, how
ever, to dispatch Mr.. Schroeder
to Lausanne as soon as the wide
scope of the negotiations be-
came apparent. The West Ger
mans obvious fear is that
their interests might be sacri-
feed underlined the differences
in the Western camp.
The French, on President de
Gaulle's instructions, are not
taking part in the Geneva nego-
tiations, reducing the projected
18-nation conference to a IT.
nation affair. The absence of
the French tends to cloud the
whole proceedings.
Publicly the British are
marching in step with Amer
leans. Privately, however, diff
ferences of emphasis have de-
veloped.
U. S. Thinking Differs
This is apparent concerning
nuclear test suspension
treaty. The British are reported
willing to ease the control pro-
visions of such a pact somewhat
in the light of what they cal
new techniques for detecting
nuclear explosions.
Americans thinking runs ir
another channel. Washington
denies knowledge of any new
techniques and believes there
should be some check over prep
arations for nuclear explosion!
as we'll as policing Of blasts
which have already taken place