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
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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. Electronics Specialty Co..
which earlier this year pur
chased the Iron Fireman Man
ufacturing Co. of Portland,
said the plant will be built
on a 40-acre tract of land in
the Rockwood area.
Brakes of a modern car are
five limes more powerful
than the engine, and more so
with power brakes.
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