DEBATE ON ARMS

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29330, 8 October 1960, Page 13

DEBATE ON ARMS

Russia Wants U.N. To Meet (Rec. 9 pan.) NEW YORK, Oct 7. Mr Krushchev would favour a special session of the United Nations General Assembly early next year to discuss disarmament, it was learned authoritatively today. Mr Khrushchev is said to doubt the possibility of serious negotiation on disarmament in the current Assembly session because of the United States Presidential election. He feels that a special Assembly discussion on the problem in early 1961 could lead to it being taken up by a smaller negotiating body, Reuters said. He believes the deadlock could be broken if the heads of government attended the special sessionMr Khrushchev is reported to have expressed doubt, however, whether any discussion of disarmament at the present Assembly could be fruitful now, because so many heads of government have already left Departure Date Mr Khrushchev will decide early next week when he will leave New York, according to informed sources quoted by United Press International. The sources said that he would remain here a shorter period than he planned originally. Mr Khrushchev is scheduled to make several public appearances on Friday and Sunday. It is not certain whether he plans another appearance before the United Nations Assembly. Mr Khrushchev dined with Mr Nehru last night to wind up one of his quietest days since he arrived in New York. He spent three hours in Mr Nehru’s hotel suite. Neither would disclose what subjects they had discussed at dinner. Earlier in the day, Mr Khrushchev conferred for 40 minutes with President Soekarno of Indonesia and visited Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt He held none of his by now famous impromptu news conferences, nor did he stage any of the antics which have characterised his-New York visit