Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-22
GENEVA
Small Nations Protest Deadlock
Of Major Powers on Issues
Continued From Page Al

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time to dicker.
AT that point, informants
later reported, Lord Home said
sharply, Let's get on with it,"
This bid for an afternoon meet
ing. contrary to the recon-
mendation Of the conference
leaders, was Immediately sup
ported by Italy and Canada.
Like Britain they are close
United States allies and would
probably not have acted with
out some word to Mr.. Rusk
about their plans.
Bluntly to Point
Diplomats who were informed
on the closed meeting said that
the brief discussion by For
eign Secretary Howard C..
Green Of Canada and Carlo
Russo, Italian undersecretary
of state, was bluntly to the
point of big power failure and
insisted on action by the rest
of the conference membership.
Mr.. Tello then ordered the in
formal afternoon meeting, say
ing that was the sense of the
conference.
On the nuclear test break
down, Mr.. Tsarapkin said on
leaving the meeting at the
Palace of Nations that no
agreement is possible except
on the basis of national con-
troll"
ANY kind of international
control is out of the question:"
he asserted
Prompt Action Sought
Mr.. Green told the confer
ence: II could understand de-
lay and failure to agree if a
matter of substance was in
volved. But it is only one of
procedure"
The Canadian expressed fear
that "all impetus of the con-
ference will be lost" unless
the work is organized promptly.
Following the 17-nation
morning session, Mr.. Gromyko
met WITH East German Foreign
Minister Lothian Bolz for 80
minutes. Mr.. Bolz, who arrived
last night, called at the Soviet
villa.
Mr.. Gromyko then went to a
lakeside Geneva hotel to talk
with Mr.. Rusk about the diplo-
matte deadlock.
Others Start Meeting
Other delegation chiefs
gathered in the conference
chamber of the palace and
when Mr.. Rusk and Mr.. Gro
myko failed to show up, opened
the afternoon meeting without
them. American and Russian
deputies were on hand.
Mr.. Gromyko insisted that
RuSSia's proposed plan for total
disarmament in four years
should be accepted as the basis
for the conference negotiations.
Mr.. Rusk demanded that the
Western proposal for a start on
disarmament, with thorough
control measures, have equal
priority with the Soviet plan.
Lord Home and several adj
viSers met with Mr.. Gromyko
and a number of top Soviet
diplomats at the Russians villa
last night. Their discussion
dealt mainly with disarmament
but covered also Berlin and nu-
clear testing.
Russia Stands Firm
InformantS reported after
ward that they made no prog
ress whatever toward reconcil-
ing differences on any of the
issues. They said Mr.. Gromyko
stressed particularly that Rus
STA is standing firm on it's de-
mands for a change in the
status of West Berlin, for West
ern acceptance of East Berlin
as the capital of East Germany,
and for separate peace treaties
with East and West Germany.
Barring some unexpected
change in Soviet policy, the Big
Three foreign ministers seemed
determined to leave Geneva
next week with nothing accom-
plished to improve East-West
relations. But Western officials
expect the disarmament con-
ference to continue for many
weeks - and perhaps many
monthS-after the foreign min
listers leave.
Red Stand Pulling
Since the West had indicated
readiness to make concessions
on a number of points, Western
officials we're puzzled by Rus
sia'S hard stand on all the
major issues.
Several possible explanations
were suggested.
One was that Premier Khru-
shchev, after probing for some
evidence of give" on the West
ern side. might yet come up
with one or two Soviet con-
cesSions to get negotiations
moving.
Another speculation was that
Mr.. Khrushchev is trying to
force an East-West summit
conference by increasing ten
sions rather than by playing q
soft line.
Doukhobors Get