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U.S. Seeks End To Geneva Tie-up
GENEVA — (UPI) — The United States pressed ahead today with efforts to crack the nuclear deadlock despite Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's firm refusal to make any concessions.
Khrushchev's statement in Moscow yesterday that Russia would not budge from its offer of three annual nuclear inspections increased pessimism and gloom at the 17-nation disarmament conference here.
The eight neutral delegations, seeking a compromise between East and West, also were reported intensifying their efforts as "go-betweenes" in the light of Khrushchev's statement.
The formal conference is in recess today and the delegations devoted their time to oT-stage consultations.
THE CONFERENCE has been bogged down on the inspections question for 16 days, but informed sources said the U.S. delegation was turning its attention to possible new ways to open the door for Soviet agreement on a nuclear test bar treaty.
KHRUSHCHEV, in a major speech yesterday, said Russia would not compromise on its position of three annual on-site inspections to police a test ban.
The United States has scaled its inspections demands from as high as
20 a year down to its current quota of seven. It has said the number is negotiable as long as other elements in a control system make a test ban cheat-proof, but the Russians have refused to negotiate.
THE U.S. DELEGATION, looking for ways to bridge the East-West gap, was said to be planning new efforts to reach agreements in areas of disarmament where the Western and Communist positions tend to coincide. Any such agreements, it was hoped, might improve the climate for accord on the key nuclear issue.
Though delegates said privately that Khrushchev's speech appeared to tighten the impasse, the neutrals were consulting on a suggestion for a compromise calling for five annual on-site inspections.
REGARDING Berlin, Khrushchev adopted a more conciliatory tone. With reports that new talks on the issue are in the offing, he said he was ready to allow western troops to remain in the divided city under a United Nations flag.
U. S. rate, and said the Russians would rush to the aid of any Communist nation that might be attacked, including Red China.
THE NEUTRALS hoped to keep the nuclear talks from collapsing completely, but they were not expected to make a definite move toward compromise until next week at the earliest.
One of the Premier's major points was a warning that Soviet rockets and bombers would return to Cuba to wage thermonuclear war if the Communist-controlled island were attacked by "imperialists."
While Western observers detected a hint of compromise in Khrushchev's words, they pointed out that the premier left in doubt the question of a time limit on Western troops in Berlin and whether he would demand the addition of forces from neutral countries.
Radiation Levels Increase Slightly
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The Public Health Service (PHS) today reported that radioactive fallout increased slightly in several parts of the nation during January but only Palmer, Alaska, was getting a warning level dose of any kind.
Fallout levels are figured on the average amount of each nuclear fission by-product in a liter of milk. The guide for Iodine 131 is set for the most susceptible group—infants and very young children. Tolerance of adults is about 10 times that of this group.
DIPLOMATS CONSIDERED the speech more stern in tone than in content.
Khrushchev turned a local election speech for his home district into a wide-ranging policy statement on international affairs. He spoke for 87 minutes, but Western observers said he mainly repeated old declarations.
For the fifth consecutive month, the PHS reported that Palmer received a 12-month accumulation of fodine 131 that was above the federal radiation council's "acceptable health risk" guide.
The warning level for Iodine 131 is 36,500 mcc. The only U.S. cities that approached that level other than Palmer were Salt Lake City and Kansas City, Mo.
Despite increases in some cases, none of the 62 radiation monitoring stations across the nation recorded monthly or yearly accumulations of Strontium 89 or the more dangerous Strontium 90 that were anywhere the warning range.
MOSCOW—(UPI)—Western diplomats said today Nikita S. Khrushchev's latest speech made from the Kremlin yesterday over radio and television, left unanswered many questions on Soviet policy, including the presence of Russian troops in Cuba and Moscow's relations with Communist China.
Questions Remain After K's Speech
He also boasted that the Soviet economic expansion rate exceeds the
THE PREMIER SHED no light on his plans for removing the Russian troops from Cuba. Officials in Washington and other Western diplomats have been trying to learn details of his plans ever since the premier pledged in broad terms two weeks ago to withdraw "several thousand" of the Russians.
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