SUMMIT TALKS PROPOSALS

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28529, 7 March 1958, Page 7

SUMMIT TALKS PROPOSALS

Soviet Answer To U.S. Rejection (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 6. w . Th , e . Soviet Ambassador to Washington, Mr Mikhail Menshiwas expected today to answer the United States rejection of ooviet conditions for a pre-sum-mri meeting of Foreign Ministers in April, a Reuter correspondent reported. .„ Sov j?, t sources said that Mr Menshikov would deal with the recent comments on the matter m j e, Eisenhower and Mr Dulles, the Secretary of State. The sources said that Mr Menshikov would emphasise the Soviet Union’s view that the sooner summit talks took place the better, and would reiterate the readiness of the Soviet leaders to meet anywhere in the United States. Mr Menshikov today would make his maiden speech in the United States at a luncheon of the National Press Club. Afterwards he would submit to reporters’ questions, Soviet sources said. President . Eisenhower announced yesterday that the Soviet Ufiion had told him they were agreeable to come to the United States if a summit conference cpuld be arranged. He said they had recognised the fact that as s the head of State as well as 5 head of government he could not 2 be away from the country for a - long period. 1 N.A.T.O. Rejection Denied North Atlantic Treaty Organi- ’ sation headquarters tonight de--1 nied that the N.A.T.O. Permanent Council had rejected the Soviet * proposals for an East-West sum- . mit meeting, a Paris message * states. r Reuters reported last night that - the Permanent Council had re- ■ jected the Soviet proposals for a Foreign Ministers’ meeting :n * April to discuss a summit con- ' ference in June. N.A.T.O. sources said that the . general feeling at a special ,ses- , sion of the council last night was that the proposals were unacceptable as they stood, but emphal sised that there was no question ( of a formal decision by the coun- ■ cil, which is composed of permr anent representatives of ambassaf dorial rank who must report back > to their respective governments. ‘ CROSSING OF ; ANTARCTIC t Soviet Tribute To Party I ■ J ’ (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. ( Moscow Radio, in a broadcast . to Britain tonight, said that the achievements of Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir Edmund Hillary and the Commonwealth trans-Antarctic Expedition had stirred the hearts of people -everywhere. The broadcast said it appeared deeply symbolic that the expedition should end its trek across the Antarctic at Scott Base. “Scott’s work stirred the hearts not only of every Englishman but of people everywhere who admire true fortitude. “So, to.o, do the achievements of Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir Edmund Hillary and the other members of the Commonwealth expedition,” the broadcast said. Rebel Ports Shelled (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) MANILA, March 6. The “Manila Times” reported today that three corvettes of the Indonesian Government had shelled a port area 50 miles south of the rebel city of Menado, in the North Celebes, on Wednesday. The newspaper, in a dispatch from Menado, said rebel shore batteries had returned the fire but their shells fell short. Warehouses along the shore had been burned and destroyed, the dispatch said. The newspaper said, however, that Colonel Ventje Sumual, the rebel commander of the North Celebes, had said he did not believe the naval bombardment signalled a landing by Jakarta j troops. t The newspaper also reported ‘ that Colonel Sumual had order- ' ed two rebel battalions to begin guerrilla warfare against Government troops in the area. J Claim For £17,000 < Found In Car ; (Rec. 9 p.m.) BRISBANE, Mar. 6. £ A Court hearing on the owner- < ship of £17,023 found in the up- ; holstery of a 1926 model car was 1 adjourned today at Dalby, a small J town 136 miles from Brisbane. 1 One of the claimants is a Mrs Ada Seddon, now living in York- ’ shire, England. The case was adjourned to a J date to be fixed when Mr G. 1 Lucas, representing the Union ‘ Trustee Company, said a new witness had been found who could materially assist. The Union Trustee Company is acting for the estate of the late J Frank William Fowler, hire car £ proprietor, of Brisbane, who is thought to have once owned the J car. The other claimant is Colin . Ernest Eveaps, aged 32, a fitter and turner, who found the money . in the back seat upholstery two months after he bought the car j from a Dalby used car dealer. The claim- on behalf of Mrs Seddon is that her late husband, * an Englishman named Fowler, may have been related to the late • Frank William Fowler. < i CONTROL OF ATOM ENERGY ] (Rec. 8 p.m.) MOSCOW, March 6. ’ Professor Dmitri Blokhintsev, director of the International I Nuclear Institute at Dubna, near ’ Moscow, has demanded that atomic ( energy be controlled by “wise ‘ people of our times, optimists who 1 believe in mankind and love it.” i Professor Blokhintsev, quoted 1

by Tass, said scientists did not want to turn over their discoveries of new sources of power to “statesmen, military and political leaders ' who sought to settle political differences by the use of force.” ... /