Evening star., 1963-02-03

Cubon crisis and the De Sou'Ie
crisis"
antly and carerully calculated
bluff.
This was probably precisely
what Mr.. Khrushchev intended.
Mr.. Khrushchev had long been
in the position of having to
lose his face in order to save
it. He wanted to lose his ugly
nuclear "mug"-the face Of the
"nuclear aggressor." He was
anxious to show the world that
he was not the man to start
a nuclear war against anybody
over q third country, and he
certainly wanted to have 1t
made plain that Mr.. Kennedy
wasn't the man either. A solid
basis for negotiations Of all
kinds land popular fronts Of
all kinds could be built on the
foundations Of q U.S.A.-USSR
nuclear peace pact.
One can only imagine Mr..
Khrushchev's satisfaction when
his theory Wis a Wis the U. s. A.
military position was proven
correct. But he could hardly
have been prepared for the
next surprise. No sooner had
he agreed to remove all the
nuclear hardware United States
air surveillance had spotted,
then Mr.. Kennedy at once re-
ferred to him as a great states
man" and, to show that there
needn't be any hard feelings
over the little episode. gave him
Cuba.
Khrushchev Repeats Threat
Mr.. KhruShchev did not
naturally bother to return
the Presidents compliment. He
realized, Of course, that 1t had
been made to gentle him. (Mr,
Khrushchev is as easy to gentle
as a king cobraO A few weeks
later at the East Berlin World
Communist Congress Mr.. Khru-
shchev was Dragging to the
world that his missile play in
Cuba had achieved its real OBJ
jective-to scare Mr.. Kennedy
into giving UP Cuba. After ac-
cepting the thunderous ap-
plause Of the 2,500 Communist
Party delegates present from
70 nations, Mr.. Khrushchev
vowed all over again to bury
u.s." this time with his 100
megaton bombs, but only II
we we're ever so rash as to
initiate q nuclear attack on
him.
Ever since Cuba, Mr.. Khru-
shchev has worked hard on his
new image. Each passing day
he sounds more and more like
John Foster Dulles: He will
never launch missiles at the
U. s. A. Cor Europe), but he
will - If attacked - produce
massive retaliation"
The fact Is that Mr.. Khru-
shchev had long ago opted for
nuclear peace with the U. S. A.
Since Cuba, he knows that the
United States has also opted
for nuclear peace with Soviet
Russia. There Is today an
undeclared nuclear peace pact
between the USSR and the
United States for the simple
reason that the initiation of
nuclear war is not to the best
interests Of either.
The United States press, fol-
lowing the Presidents lead, Is
currently taking a benign view
Of Mr.. Khrushchev's new nu-
clear posture. besides, it feels
so good since he stopped poking
his Cuban missiles into our
solar plexiS. The walls OF
their wrath have been saved
up for Gen. Charles de Gaulle
who has had the gall to say,
since Cuba, that he thinks
France would now certainly be
more safe under its own nu-
clear umbrella than under
Americas.
De GauIle Backed u. s.
Because Of this, Gen. de
Gaulle's Image" is being rap
idly worked over, with the en-
thusiastic help of the American
left, TO resemble q half-mao
Napoleon. or an Abominable
Norman. 1t is even being sug.
gested that Gen. de Gaulle
wishes France to become a nu.
clear power in order to make q
deal over Germany with Russia
This Is to suggest that France
desires to have Russia on hel
own borders. instead Of Ger.
many's. which is, Of course
preposterous. II either France
or Germany falls to the Reds
all Europe falls with them, anc
every European knows 1t.
1t is interesting to inquire
what Gen. de Gaulle was doinl
the first tense hours Of the
United States naval blockade
; while Soviet missiles we're be.
ing leveled by Russian troops
on American cities. Was HI
threatening to pull out OF thu
grand alliance" II the United
States invaded Cuba? Was III
begging us to throw the whole
business into the U. N? Wa
he reminding us that thu
French feel that the United
States let France down in In,
dochina. Algeria and Suez. 81
France couldn't be expected h
sympathize with our trouble
about Cuba? Was he advisinI
President Kennedy TO make /