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
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"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.
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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.
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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.
Monday, May 18, 1959
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late today after the Portland
blood bank fell to a one-day
supply Sunday.
State employees donated
blood in the main hearing
room between noon and 4 pjn.
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