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Llewellyn Thompson Important Figure in East-West Power Struggle 'v..- . ii. iuuii iiibii nimci Ul 111 Ilia in the titantic Dower strug gle between the two mightest nations on earth is on his way after five years here. His diplomatic report card - Russian and English -should read more than passing fair. The man is Llewellyn Thompson, America's "Khrushchev era" ambassa dor to the Soviet Union for the past five momentous years. ' As the United States envoy in Moscow virtually from the moment Nikita Khrushchev assumed supreme power by ousting the anti-party group meeting with Khrushchev where he in effect talked for newly-elected President Ken nedy. On Good Termi He is considered, by Mos cow standards, to be on ex ceptionally good working terms with Khrushchev and other leaders, but his five years here have been any thing but easy. In 1958. the first year after his arrival, there was the off shore islands crisis in the For mosa Strait and the first of Khrushchev's " time limit" crises over Berlin, almosl as serious as the armed test of in July, 1957. lanky, greying I nerves in Berlin last fall jnompson has been a quiet I Then came the RB47 and but effective middleman. j lhe U2 incidents as well as At times he has been as ; the Summit collapse in 1960, much a lop level negotiator which brought Soviet-Americas in his series of Berlin ' can relations to their lowest "probes" with Soviet Foreign j point since the days of Stalin. Minister Andrei Gromyko last But even during the height of the U2 crisis, Soviet offi cials from Khrushchev on down carefully refrained from personal affronts to Thomp son himself. Mark of Respect Diplomats in Moscow view ed this at the time as a Soviet indication that sooner or later they intended to patch up the U2 affair, but also as a mark of respect for Thompson. Dignified and patient - he himself claims patience is the number one requirement of anyone dealing with the Rus sians - Thompson is one of the tight handful of diplomats with the top rank of Career Ambassador. Russian officials have indi cated they appreciate Thomp son for what they consider his directness and honesty in his dealings with them and Khrushchev has apparently responded in kind, making the ambassador's pipeline to the Kremlin that much more val uable. Although his expressed hopes for some real progress on Berlin or disarmament during his tenure have not been filled. Thompson is known to be pleased by what he considers a marked break down of the suspicion barrier that once pervaded Soviet contacts with foreigners, par ticularly Americans. Advocate of Invitation Thompson has long been convinced of the importance of Khrushchev and America's leaders, first Eisenhower and then Kennedy, having the op portunity to meet and size each other up personally. From the start he was an advocate of the 1959 invita tion to Khrushchev to visit America and of last year's Vienna encounter between the Premier and the President. He still regards both these events as milestones on the painful march toward better -or at least less acrimonious -Soviet-American relations. As a bonus by-product, once scarce Soviet dignitaries and public figures are now a rela tively familiar site at U.S. MEDF0RDJSfer Embassy mt-ptions and din ners in Moscow, even during the gloomy aftorniflth of the U2 incident. One acquaintance describ ed Thompson as having the invaluable qualities of doubt and balance. And he would probably be the Inst to as sume personal credit for what is largely part of an evolu tionary process away from the Stalin-style conduct of Soviet affairs. Mrs. Thompson, who is workably fluent in Russian herself, due to a ricorous three-lessons a week schedule RIBUNE SECTION C MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 1962 PAGES 1 to 10 since com mt to Moscow, is almost as accustomed as her husband at bantering with the liRhtnins-quick Soviet Pre mier. Launched Into Lyrics When top presidium mem bers Anaslas Mikoyan and Frol Kozlov showed up at the U.S. Embassy's Fourth of July reception in the U2 clouded summer of 19ti0, it was Mrs. Thompson who broke the ice by launching into the Russian lyrics of a Soviet hit tune, "Evening in the Moscow Su burbs." Before you could say "Ivan Ivanov," both Kozlov and Mi koyan were singing along. Last year, when Khrush chev himself dropped in at the Embassy's Fourth of July festivities, it was Mrs. Thomp son and her daughter Sherry, 8, who again put things quick ly on an informal footing by wheedling the corn-loving Premier out for a look at the stalks growing in the Embassy garden. In Moscow, where the round of diplomatic parties is often the best way to meet Soviet officials, the Thompsons aver aged more than 200 guests for meals and about 400 for cock tails every month. Thompson, who turned 58 on July 24, made no secret for more than a year of his desire to got his family back to America after some 1 1 years abroad. I But the Berlin crisis kept him nailed to the job he is j turning over to his successor, former Assistant Secretary nf State for European Afiairs Foy Kohler. Three Classifications Due at Fair Art Show Salem - U'Pl) - There will be three classifications this year at the Oregon State Fair art show. Mrs. C. H. Rundell, superintendent, said Wednes day. They are traditional, mod ern, and young art. Aircraft Components Plant Due at Portland Portland A Los An- gcles company announced Wednesday it will start con struction of an aircraft com ponents plant here in Sep tember. 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