U.S. ATTITUDE TO CHINA

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28155, 19 December 1956, Page 9

U.S. ATTITUDE TO CHINA

Change Of Heart Unlikely GETTYSBURG. December 17. A thaw in United States relations with Communist China is ruled out by officials aware of President Eisenhower’s thinking as he conferred with Mr Nehru, the Prime Minister of India. A Reuter correspondent reports that the problem of Communist China came un during the two-hour drive from the White House in Washington to the President's Gettysburg farm, where Mr Eisenhower and the Prime Minister resumed their talks. Mr Nehru has made it clear that he would like to act as a link between the United States and China to produce a Far East settlement. One of his suggestions is. that an eventual accommodation between the two capitals would be encouraged by a meeting between Mr Dulles, the United States Secretary of State, and Mr Chou En-lai. the Chinese Communist Prime Minister. Because of the virtually complete news black-out imposed on the talks, it is not known if Mr Nehru intends to give the President a concrete Far East peace plan. Such a plan was reported to have been drawn up when the Prime Min; ister met Mr Chou in New Delhi earlier this month. But no-one believes that the President will undergo a dramatic change of mind, says Reuters correspondent.