NUCLEAR FREE ZONE

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

NUCLEAR FREE ZONE

Tito Calls For. Extension BELGRADE, March 6. President Tito, in an interview issued by the Jugoslav news agency, Tanjug, has called for extension of the European nu-clear-free zone proposed by Poland. The Jugoslav Chief of State, who was interviewed by Mr C. L. Sulzberger, of the “New York Times.” said Jugoslavia was “very interested that the denuclearised zone should be wider than that which Poland proposed.” He suggested that Italy could be included in such a zone. He said that Jugoslavia felt “indirectly threatened” by the installation of rocket bases in Italy and would take diplomatic steps regarding them. Until now Jugoslavia has given unconditional support to the Polish plan, which envisages the withdrawal of nuclear weapons only from Poland, Czechoslovakia and West and East Germany. President Tito declined to say whether he believed Stalinism was now dead in Russia and other East European countries. The Soviet Union had gone far since Stalin’s death and internal problems were being solved very successfully. “Enormous progress” had been made in Soviet foreign policy, he said. Other points dealt with by President Tito included:— NEUTRALITY: Absolute neutrality was impossible for both Communist and non-Communist countries because “indifference and neutrality are more harmful than’ beneficial.” NATIONAL COMMUNISM: This did not exist but there were different roads to socialism. PERSONALITIES: President Tito said he respected Mr Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party chief, “because he has, sufficiently bold conceptions in regard to internal development and elasticity in foreign affairs.” President Eisenhower was “a man who is trying to secure peace.” Cost Of Little Rock Troops WASHINGTON. March 5. President Eisenhower said today that the Federal Government must continue to pay 3500 dollars a day to keep troops in Little Rock, Arkansas, ‘‘to. make certain that the Federal Courts cannot be defied successfully.” The President made the statement at his press conference. Later, the Army said that military operations at Central High School had cost 4,237.996 dollars between September 24 and January 31. Mr Eisenhower ordered Army paratroops and Arkansas National guardsmen to the school in September to quell disturbances resulting from the integration of nine negro pupils into the previously all-white school. All regular army troops have been withdrawn from the school, and only a small contingent of Arkansas National guardsmen remains. Churchill Has Cold ROQUEBRUNE, March 6. Sir Winston Churchill, recovering from pneumonia and pleurisy, is suffering from a slight cold, the American Associated’ Press reported. The news agency quoted members of the Churchill household as saying the cold was not serious. ' Sir Winston Churchill caught the cold on Sunday when he insisted on sitting in the sun on the terrace of the villa where he has been staying, the Associated Press said.