Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-28

broadcast Khrushchev message
still had not been received al
the white House except
through press dispatches. Blu
he read the White House state
: ment that amounted to a reply
It said:
! "The proposal broadcast thi'
morning involves the security
of nations outside the Western
Hemisphere. But it is the West.
ern Hemisphere countries, ant
they alone, that are subject tt
the threat that has produced
the current crisis-the action
of the Soviet Government ir
secretly introducing offensive
weapons into Cuba.
Work on these offensive
weapons is still proceeding at a
rapid pace.
1.-THE first imperative must
be to deal with this immediate
threat, under which no sensible
negotiation can proceed.
ut is therefore the position
of the United States that as an
urgent preliminary to consid-
Grafton of any proposals work
on the Cuban bases must stop;
offensive weapons must be rem
dered inoperable; and further
shipment of offensive weapons
to Cuba must cease-all under
effective international veri-
| fication." -.
Some diplomats thought 1t
noteworthy that Mr.. Kennedy
did not slam the door on the
proposal to trade elimination
of missile bases in Turkey fol
Cuba.
United States officials have
insisted that there is no COM
parison between bases set ur
secretly in Cuba and those
installed in Turkey under a
public decision of the NATO
Council in 1857.
Nevertheless, there has been
talk in official quarters here
that the Turkish bases were
becoming obsolescent though
they might represent a symbol
of power and protection in
Turkey itself.
1,600-Mile Range
The American missiles based
in Turkey are Jupiters, which
have a range of 1000 miles.
Like other IRBM weapons,
they can carry nuclear war
heads.
The Soviet Premier went out
of his way to say that all the
Soviet weapons in Cuba are
under direct control of Soviet
military personnel. He said this
meant there was no danger OF
those weapons being used
against the United States.
Mr.. Kennedy had warned in
his radio-television speech last
Monday night announcing the
blockade against offensive arms
shipments to Cuba that any
nuclear missile launched from
Cuba against any nation in the
w estern Hemisphere would
bring a full retaliatory response
upon the Soviet Union from the
United States.
In his message yesterday, Mr..
Khrushchev said the Soviet
weapons in Cuba had been
placed there "at the request of
the Cuban government only
with the aim of defense"
He said he was glad that
the President had agreed to
normalize the situation through
talks and avoid a confronta-
ton of Soviet and American
ships in the blockade area.
This reference to the blockade
area apparently was part OF
a face-saving operation by the
Soviet Premier. The key part
of the agreement worked ou$
by Secretary General Thant in
an exchange of messages with
Mr.. Khrushchev and Mr.. Ken
nedy is the Soviet Premier's
orders to Soviet vessels to stay
out of the interception area
for a purely temporary period.
Mr.. Kennedy told the Secre-
tary General in messages made
public Friday night that If
Soviet ships stay away from the
interrogation area the United
States will do everything pos
sible to avid direct confronta-
ton with Soviet ships in the
next few days in order to mini
mize the risk Of any untoward
incident"
In other words, the implica-
ton was clear that if Soviet
ships try to run the blockade
they will be intercepted.
In connection with his Cuba
Turkey bases deal proposal, Mr..
KhruShchev said the Soviet
would pledge in the United Ma
ions non-interference in the
internal affairs of Turkey if
ne United States would make
Z similar commitment against
an invasion of Cuba.
Summit UnmentiOned
The Soviet premier signifi-
cantly accepted the idea of U.
n. inspection. which he has re-