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Forst GeaD IKIope off Russian flnteresf On Suspension of MucDear Tests Seen Editor's Note: Frank B. Bar tholomew, president of United Press International, has jnst con cluded a series of talks with lead ing Western delegates to the Geneva foreign ministers' con ference. Following Is his ap praisal of the conference based on . those conversations. By FRANK BARTHOLOMEW President. UPI Geneva - (UFD - The most im portant development of the opening week of the Geneva foreign ministers meeting oc curred outside the Palais des Nations where the Big Four are discussing Berlin and Germany. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter is known to feel that Foreign Minister Andrei Gro myko on nuclear test suspen sions offered the first real hope in months that the Rus sians are sincerely interested in working out a fool-proof method of policing a nuclear test ban. The secretary found that the meeting he and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd had with Gromyko de veloped the first definite sign since January that the Soviets may accept new American scientific data to guide the three nuclear powers in de tecting bootleg atomic blasts Nuclear Talks Drag Full significance of the Rus sian retreat on the nuclear front was obscured by the Big Four wrangling and maneu vering on the business that brought them to Geneva in the first place - the Berlin and the German unification problems. Prior to Thursday, the six- month old Geneva nuclear talks, now in recess until June 8, had been proceeding at a snail's pace due to continuous Russian rejection of all Ameri can effsrts to bring the scien tific detection formulas up to date. The new American data re sulted from underground and high altitude U. S. tests car ried out since last year's Ge neva meeting of British, Rus sian and American scientists worked out the original form ula. The Nevada underground detonations and the Argus high altitude tests of last year satisfied the Americans that the 1958 formula was inade quate for effective policing of any nuclear test ban. Herter, Gromyko and Lloyd took the issue out of the hands of their experts, and the first hint of a possible change in Russia's adamant stand against considering new Western data came in a cautiously worded statement by an American spokesman reporting on their hour-long meeting. He said the nuclear Big Three shared the hope that there would be quick accord on :holding new technical dis cussions which would lead to 1111111 3Ji' II t " " Tircstone, STORES 214 South Riverside Ave. Phone SP 2-7119 "swift agreement on control methods leading to a treaty." Real Test Ahead The full significance of this statement became apparent later when it was learned that Herter considered this a ma jor break in the slow-motion nuclear talks which have been going on here since last Octo ber. The new secretary, who is undertaking his , first big league negotiations with the Russians, is known to feel that the first week of the Geneva conference itself went well from the standpoint of the West. The real test of Russian in tentions, however, will come this week when the Big Four are expected to hold their first secret sessions-meetings without German advisors or secondary delegates. The Americans want these meetings held with only three representatives of each of the Big Four, and without the presence of secretaries, press spokesmen or regular inter preters. Translation at these secret sessions would be done by the two aides accompany ing each minister. All four ministers speak English and their informal discussions in Geneva have been conducted in English. But the hard bargaining ses sions, where every word counts, they prefer their offi cial language. Gromyko, who delivered even his arrival statement in English, occasionally sur prises the other foreign min isters here with an exhibition of humor usually revolving around the square-round table controversy. West Position Strong Another Gromyko trait has been his persistence, in casual meetings with the other for eign ministers outside the conference chamber, in dis cussing the matter of seating Poland and Czechoslovakia in the formal sessions. Herter feels that the West ern powers are entering the second week of the confer encewhich he feels will last at least three more weeks-in a strong bargaining position with the presentation of the West's package plan for free elections in Berlin, global troop cuts and German reuni fication. However, he is unwilling at this point to predict the outcome of this conference, which most observers feel will definitely lead to a sum mit meeting. There is no feeling In Ge neva at the moment that this conference will result in a to tal failure. However, there is a grim realization that if fail ure does result, the West is in for a bad time in Berlin and at once. West German officials here are of the definite opinion Wilderville Man Injured in Mishap Ronald F. Cole, of Wilder ville, Ore.,was reported im proved today by Sacred Heart hospital attendants after a car fell on him at Willow Springs reservoir Sunday. Cole is suffering from head and possible internal injuries which occurred when a car on which he was working fell off a jack. He was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Albert D. Doss, 70, of route 2, box 212A, Central Point, was reported in fair condition at Rogue Valley hospital to day after, a horse fell on him near the "Desert Service sta tion on Crater Lake highway near White City Sunday. He is suffering bruises, according to reports. thru May 31 G AND EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION. ..7iS WITH Marvyn Roy WILL OSBORNE'S ORCHESTRA that if the conference fails, the Communists will make good the threat to conclude a peace treaty with East Ger many which would lead quick ly to a prearranged harass ment of the supply lines to isolated West Berlin. No Simple Solution The Germans do not feel that Berlin could be rescued as easily or as simply as send ing an armored column up the corridor, or that a repetition of the airlift is practicable. The West German view is that no armored column could safely proceed over the 100 mile route to Berlin without a protective flanking action for 15 miles on either side of the roadway. This would in effect mean creation of a 30 mile combat front pressing into Communist - held terri tory. So far as the West's pack age peace plan is concerned, the West Germans foresee the possibility that the Russians may accept it around a con ference table-but then carry out only the parts that suit their own ends. Specifically, the Germans feel that Gromyko may "snap up" the Western offer of free elections in Berlin and the creation of an all-German committee, but simply fail to take any action on reunifica tion and security. ' Despite these forebodings, the strong central hope in the German thinking is the defi nite belief that Russia will not intentionally go to war over Berlin alone. I 1 -Uri 1 Cf- ?"- - WINS BOAT Louis B. Thurman, 417 Ard- prize, a boat, in a recent contest sponsored more ave., Medford, is congratulated by by the firm. Second prize, a three-day trip Nels H. Zacharisen, salesman at Crater to Disneyland, was won by Mrs. Robert A. Lake Motors, and Fred Coleman, vice presi- Beverly, 3547 Delta Waters rd., Medford. dent of the company, on winning the grand France fo Boycott More Unification Paris - (UPD - Premier Mic hel Debre has indicated that France, while remaining true to its present "super-state" commitments, will boycott any further steps toward creation of a -"united states of Europe." In a speech Friday at the Paris Trade Fair, Debre de nounced the "super - state" principle which has been em ployed so far in Western Europe to pool coal, steel and atomic energy and to create a common market. He said democratic govern ments cannot adbicate their responsibilities to their na tional parliaments and peoples. The premier added, how ever, that he favors inter national cooperation so long as it does not compromise France's sovereignty. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 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