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Rusk ond Gromyko Spend 3 Hours
Probing Into Eost-West Issues
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NoAIilueu from rage Ak
conversation, most of the time
presumably devoted to Berlin.
When the dinner conference
ended shortly before midnight,
Mr.. Rusk told newsmen in re-
ply to questions:
1T was a good nights work.
=. We talked about the Ber-
lin incidents
I'VE don't like them (the
1ncidentS). and we let them
know it"
Asked whether he obtained
. any satisfaction from Mr..
Gromyko, Mr.. Rusk replied,
"we'l find out in a day or two"
1t was understood from other
sources that Mr.. Gromyko's
initial reaction was to suggest
that the Berlin situation ought
to be discussed.
Mr.. Gromyko left the hotel
suite in which the dinner was
held unsmiling as usual. When
newSmen sought to question
him, he pointed his finger at
them and said, this is no
place for an interview"
Preliminary Talks
Semyon Tsarapkin, Soviet
disarmament expert who was
with Mr.. Gromyko, said, I'VE
talked about Berlin and a little
about nuclear testing" But he
reported that the talk on test
ing did not get into the sub
stance of the issues.
Foreign Secretary Home re-
ported, 1--WE talked about pre-
liminary talks. You have to
get used to a lot of talks"
Mr.. Rusk did not say what
specific Berlin incidents he
protested but three matters
are understood to have been
covered by him and Lord Home.
Those were the wounding of
a British military chauffeur
by an East German border
guard half mile inside East
Germany, the scattering of
metallic "snow" by Soviet planes
in the Berlin anyways Friday
to confuse Allied radars and
increasing use of the corridors
by Soviet aircraft in an evil
dent harassment campaign.
Some Western informants
said the Soviets have been
steadily building up the num-
Der of their flights in what ,
seems to be a deliberate at
tempt to block out Western
planes for considerable periods
of time.
PrOvOcatiOn Effort Seen
There was some speculation
among Western diplomats that ,
the SovietS were trying to pro-
woke the United States, Britain
and France into some drastic 8
counter action. According to
this theory, they would then
walk out of the four-power
air safety center in Berlin. The
center is the last important ,
four-power agency left in oper- =,
alton in Germany.
Coincidental with the growth
of the United States and Brit
ish governments concern over
Berlin air traffic and indig- !
nation at the shooting of the 9
British driver, evidence came +
from Moscow that the Krem-
lin may be aiming at new 6
Berlin crisis. +
Izvestia, the Soviet govern G
ment newspaper, renewed Pre- {
mier Khrushchev's long stand /
ing threat to sign a separate a
peace treaty with East Ger t
many. Mr.. KhruShchev has {
said such a treaty would give r
East Germany control of the T
supply lines to West Berlin, C
a claim the West has rejected. q
Izvestia called for a German
peace settlement on Soviet l
terms for a divided Germany,
and added, "if the Western d
powers show no willingness '
to seek a constructive and {.
agreed solution of this issue, =.
the Soviet Union and other
powers concerned will sign a
peace treaty with the EAST
German Democratic Republic"
Berlin Issue Paramount
Mr.. Rusk plans to put up
to the Russians again a pro-
poSal to place the supply lines
from West Germany to West
Berlin under an international
authority. Moscow has rejected
the idea several times but Mr.
Rusk was reported to believe
1t has some slight chance of
getting serious consideration
from the SoviatS
President Kennedy first
raised the idea in an interview
last fall with Alexei Adzhubei,
editor of the Soviet govern
ment newspaper Izvestia and
son-ln-law of Premier Khru-
shchev. The East German
Communist regime has vio-
lently opposed the plan, charg-