Mr Molotov Meets Mr Baruch

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27698, 30 June 1955, Page 13

Mr Molotov Meets Mr Baruch

(Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 28. The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Molotov, today had what was described as a jovial chat with Mr Bernard Baruch, author of the Western plan for atomic control, which Russia rejected. Mr Molotov, who will leave on the liner Queen Elizabeth on his way back

to Moscow telephoned Mr Baruch after his arrival in New York. Mr Baruch offered to come into the city from his suburban home but the Soviet Foreign Minister insisted that he go to Mr Baruch’s home. They spent what was described as a “jovial social hour” over lunch and speciakcocktails, a concoction of vodka, tomato juice, and seasoning. "It was a friendly personal talk along very general lines,” said Mr Baruch, a retired financier and adviser to several presidents. Mr Molotov was said to have renewed an invitation for Mr Baruch to visit Moscow. Mr Baruch’s atomic control plan was introduced in the United Nations in 1946. It called for the creation of an International Atomic Development Authority to manage all “potentially dangerous” atomic activities. A chief feature of it was rigid control, and the licensing of all atomic activities.