COLD WAR TENSIONS

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30274, 29 October 1963, Page 15

COLD WAR TENSIONS

b No Return By Russia’ (N.Z. Preu Asm.—Copyright) LONDON. October 27. High British sources said today that the Soviet Prime Minister (Mir Khrushchev) would not revert to fuU-wai. cold war art present because he could not afford to. United Press InterutXional reported. Moscow is believed to b. marking time at present on tension-easing moves, but the Soviet trend towards peaceful co-exist nice remains basically unchanged in the British view. British po'icymakera hold that the Kremlin’. recent toughening over Berlin and its warning against the multiIrtiraJ Allied nuclear force were largely intended to put up a “front" to its critics at home and in the C mmunist camp, the sources said. The British assessment suggests that Mr Khrushchev, plagued by setbacks on the economic front at home and by serious toitemai Communist pressures, is unlikely at this time to harden his policy towards the West. On the other band. th. Soviet leader is believed in no hurry to get hard and fast agreements with the West on major issues or to make long-term commitments. More Typhoid.—Another suspected case of typhoid was reported at Northampton Hospital today, according to "The Times.” 17)e hospital now has hree suspects and nine confirmed cases, all believed caused by a tin of corned beef.—London, Oct. 27.