AGREEMENTS AT TALKS

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29055, 18 November 1959, Page 11

AGREEMENTS AT TALKS

Mr Macmillan’s Hopes (N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) LONDON, November 16. The British Prime Minister (Mr Macmillan) said tonight that he believed it should be possible at a summit meeting “to reach some agreements limited either in character in time or in number.” Above all, he added, in a speech at the annual banquet of the Lord Mayor of London, it “should be possible to decide at the end of such a meeting to arrange for another.” The ' Prime Minister said the great Powers should, in the British parliamentary jargon, “adjourn and ask leave to sit again.” He commented: “In this way, I believe that the tension in the world may be reduced and problems resolved little by little, step by step. “I know that our British initiative was criticised a year ago. I rejoice that it has been so generously recognised—and indeed followed—by our Allies.” Today, instead of an atmosphere of tension, “we are embarked upon a series of discussions, visits and negotiations,” Mr Macmillan said. Dancing to The Summit

He said that it was rather like the “nice old-fashioned dance—the Lancers.

“First, we had ‘set to partners.’ Now we are ’visiting’ Let us hope that we shall soon have ‘grand chain’.” (In the Lancers, the dancers begin by greeting one another, then they advance towards one another and the dance ends with everyone holding hands.)