Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
Atom est Ban Pact
Reported Complete
Russia Still
Seeks Bar to
Aggression

MOSCOW, July "a (AP).-
After nearly a full day Of
negotiations, the nuclear test
ban treaty was reported COM
pleted today and probably will
be initiated tomorrow.
Efforts to get a final agree
ment today apparently were
delayed by prolonged discus
sions over the non-aggreSsion
pact wanted by the Russians,
but which cannot be negotiated
by the British and American
delegations here.
Earlier Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev said a radical turn
toward a better international
climate" could result from
signing the agreement.
But Mr.. Khrushchev, as
quoted by Tass, again tied the
test ban closely to a non-ag-
erosion pact between NATO
and the Communist bloc. He
did not, however, specifically
say the world could not have
one without the other.
Just what the Russian dele
cation was seeking to get out
of the discussions on a nom
aggression pact was not clear.
Await Initiating
i Experts went into session
early this morning to discuss
apparently some last-minute
Questions raised by the Rus
slams in a telephone call last
might.
But tonight the treaty was
reported in final form, await
ing initiating by the leaders
Of the delegations.
A meeting will be held to-
morrow to discuss further the
non-aggression proposal of Mr..
! Khrushchev because the Amer
lean delegation is anxious to
, take back to Washington O
full report on what is wanted.
Senators Shown Drafts
Secretary of State Rusk and
: Disarmament Agency Director
I, William C. Foster showed a
draft of the proposed agree
!, INIT to the Senate Foreign Re-
! lations Committee in Washing
ton yesterday. They met with
the Senate Armed Services
Committee today.
Foreign Relation Chairman
Fulbright, Democrat of Arkan-
sas, said it was possible the
Senate would approve a treaty
this session. but declined to
} go so far as to predict that
{ would happen.
Republican Leader Dirksen
> would only predict that the
} treaty would set off lively de-
r bate. He said he would not
know until he had seen all Of
: the provisions whether he
would oppose it or not.
Letter to Africans
Mr.. Khrushchev's latest ex-
: preston of views were in a let
[ ter to the heads of state of the
, 80 African countries which took
part in the Adds Ababa confer
ence in May.
Tass. the official Soviet news
! agency, in its story Of the ne
gotiations, for the first time did
not mention a test ban but
merely reported that the chief
United States negotiator, Un-
dersecretary of State Averell
Hartman, Britain's Lord Hail
sham and Soviet Foreign Min
lister Andrei Gromyko had "a
further exchange Of views"
In his letter, the Soviet Pre-
mier told the African leaders
that the Soviet Union would
guarantee not to use nuclear
weapons in African case Of
another world war-provided
the Western powers made the
same pledge.
He also offered them Russla's
full support in their drive
against colonialism and speci-
fically in their current U. N.
Security Council fight against
Portugal.
Mr.. Khrushchev linked the
test ban and the non-aggres-
sion pact like this: He said the
radical turn for the better
could come from such an agree
ment "as well as by signing a
non-aggression pact"
The impression in Western
circles has been that he would
agree 10 the nuclear treaty
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