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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

TOP LEVEL TALKS

TR Khrushchev's proposal

Min his speech at a special

meeting of the Supreme Soviet that a new high level East-West conforence be held in the near future cannot lightly be brushed aside. Any outright re- jection will only provide more fuel for the Russian propaganda machine.

But nt the present moment |

It Is doubtful if such n

meeting could serve a useful

purpose as there is too little

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THE WEATHER 7 Moderate locally" "freak-'E.” winda, ~ Falb and, warm, during, the afternoon, becoming. Incrussingly, cloudy Jater this evening.

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IKE'S ANSWER TO SOVIET LEAD

Try To Combine

Free World's

Scientists

By STUART HENSLEY

Washington, Nov. 7.

common ground for top- President Eisenhower, in a speech to the US to-

level discussion with the

Soviet leaders problems.

on worl

On the topical questions of

the Middle East and dis- armament Soviet policy has been far from encouraging and there seems little likeli- hood

reconciliatio:: of between the opposing sides. Top priority for the Western leaders in the forthcoming inceting of Nato aimed at strengthening and con- solidating the Western alliance. Aftor renching accord at the Parle meeting next month it might then be possible to consider entering into new negolin · tions with the Soviet Union

GOOD FAITH

UT

09

B Prime

the Australian Minister, Mr

Menzies, has enid a "som- mit" meeting would have to be one founded on good- faith. Mr Menzies added: "In this present state of

night, promised to try to organise the com- bined scientific brains of Nato, and possibly Seato and other anti-Communist alliances, in an effort to overcome the Soviet Union's technological lead and achieve "a giant step toward peace."

President Eisenhower

A great step toward peace.

.

affairs with an atmospher Britain's Share

of threats, such a meeting -wyould do-great harm and would end in failure, pro- ducing gloom and pessimism throughout the world."

The West, cannot afford a Bummit meeting to be a fallure as it would only be for the another viclory Russians in that it would be exploited to the full by the Communist propagandists and drive the "moderate" powers still further into the Russian orbit.

CHINA TRADE

HE Parliamentary Secre-

Of Australia's Overseas Trade Down

The President emphasised the great values to be derived from intensified international

more

opernilon and promised to ask Congress to give him freedom to work closely with ather nations military- selenting development.

ACHIEVEMENT

The President eltod post eclentifle achievements of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France and Japan and deplored "the tragic failure to secure the great beneats that would flow from mutual sharing of appro priate selenilo-information-and- effort among friendly countries,"

"In the free world, we all have a lot to give and a lot to gain in' sécurity' through the pooling of scientifs effort. Why should we deny to our friends information that Wo are sure the Soviets already have? .... information friends" coila

our

mutual court toward our

JACK OF ALL TRADES

au It Was A Big Night In Moscow

Regarding possible Co- operation with Nato and Scato, he said:

necessary Witho thorlty is

Con- granted (by gress), I shall support, along of the Agreement

Canberra, Nov. 7. ↑ Britain's share of Auntra- the lines

lia's oversens trade, in reached with Prime Minister Macmillan, Д Scientific com- 1956-57 was almost the | Ma

mittee organised within Nato lowest for any postwar to carry out an enlarged Allan- year, according to figures tic effort in research.

Similar published today.

action in Sento and comparable Britain provided only 41.3. organisations will be per cent of Australian imports. And, to help carry out these and took 28.3 per cent of her measures of mutual effort, the exports compared with 43.5 per Secretary of State will appoint cent exports in the previous science attaches in appropriate

places abroad,"

Try mes Board of Trade, Mr F. J. Erroll, appears to be reasonably year. confident that Britain's

The proportion of Imports

Britain

П record

Was

trade prospects with China from are fairly good and that peace-time low, and since the which once the technical, details war the only year in

bought A smaller Are settled the latter is pre-Australia

share from Britain was pared to buy.

is

Mr Erroll's confidence

heartening in view of the rather gloomy forecasts made In

quarters Bome prior to and during his visit to China last month.

1947-

studled.

TOWARD PEACE

--------

"What the world needs today 48 with 38.9 per cent.

even more than a giant Ieap MAIN DECLINES

into outer space, is a giant slep toward peace. Time and again Australia bought, goods worth

พอ have demonstrated Our LA296,251,000 (£237,000,800,

a step. from Britain

eagerness to take such which sterling)

The President, whose speech took Australian goods wortli

was billed in advance as one £A275,500,000 (2220,400,000 W

of his most important," took. sterling) in 1955-56.

Main declines in imports an attitude of firm confidence toward recent Soviet scientifle vehicles down

advances which were climaxqi by the successful launching of

If the Chinese can be per-

Bunded that British machi nery is better than that were supplied by the Communist

motor

East European bloc over clothing down £A10 million two earth satellites,

the past few years then the outlook is bright. However, the economic ties Chin has with the Com- munist nations will be hard to break and it may be some timo, before any firm orders are obtained.

LA20 million (£10. million stering), and textiles and

(£8 million sterling),

A rise (£27,200,000 sterling),

of

He then disclosed that the engineers £A34 million

and scientists or in wool

the United States Kad £A117 million

"solved" the problem exports to

of sterling) (£03,600,000

and firing a missilo

outer into Emaller increases in wheat.

and bringing it back to space flour" and sugar were offset by

earth without having it burn declines in meat, butter, eggs

up from atmospherie friction, and preserved fruit-Reuter. Ho noted significantly that this was one of the most dif- ficult obstacles in the path of

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America after the Bleep.... Rocket Beach - Iddon.

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by George Malcolm

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Lucky Jim-by, Kingsley Amis,

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perfecting an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

The President said the Rusalon Sputniks were "an achievement of the first importance, and the scientists who brought it about deserve full credit and recogal-" tion."

SATELLITES

I

MR K. DRINKS,

SINGS & DANCES

IN THE KREMLIN

By VINCENT BUIST

Moscow, Nov. 7. Mr Nikita Khrushchev, who was chief host in the Kremlin tonight at a 10th anniversary banquet, walked out from behind the table where the Presidenta and Pre- miers were sipping wine to act as chorus leader in a Ukrainian folk song.

NIKITA

KHRUSHCHEV

A deep grating voice

-Disappears

from

In the presence of Lt-Gen. 'Farel!-- from the 5th Army- Corpe the old 'weather-vinD' on top of the church-tower: In Kannersreuth was replaced by a cross, donated by par- son Joseph Naber. The new

crow was placed on top of the tower by `means ́ of helicopter-Keystone Photo.

ย

| EIFFEL TOWER

GAINS

THIRTY FEET

Paris, Nov. 7, The Eiffel Tower has gained feet In height to serve fans in a much Jorger radius around Paris.

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TV

A Mysterious Letter In Stalingrad

MACLEAN AND BURGESS MAY BE DEAD

Los Angeles, Nov. 7.

Rep. Glenard P. Lipscomb (Republican-California) sald today that a mysterious letter slipped into his pocket while he was visiting Stalingrad last October strong. ly hinted that one time British diplomats Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess had been liquidated in Russia

Maclean and Burgess fled from Britain walle under security guard on May 25, 1951, and dramatically reappeared last year on February 11 in Moscow when newsmen were summoned to a press conference to hear, them deny that they were ever Com- munist agents.

Lipscomb sald the letter which now had been translated and handed to the "proper author- itles" was placed In his overcoat pocket In the check-room of a

Stalingrad hotel while he was having lunch there last October

D.

DESTRUCTION

He sold he did not find the missive until after ho had boarded a plane in Moscow for Stockholm later that same sight.

The Congressman said the ___letter's_author_claimed_te_hate. Communism and wanted to "promote its destruction," and thus had taken this means of offering to get certain "mb- terials" to American Intel- lgence.

"Accidents are possible, such As those of the English diplo mats Burgess, .I did not remember the name of the second," read ane part of the letter, bocording to Lipscomb.

The writer declaring that for the time being oven he had to cloak his name and address in secrecy.-United Press.

Refuses To Disclose News Source

New York, Nov. 7. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan today held a New York Hald Tribune columnist Marle Torre, In criminal contempt for

disclose refusing to

source.

Q

news

on

After the ruling Judge Ryon The inauguration of the new adjourned further hearing TV antenna and station at the the case until Tuesday. The Communist Party chief yesterday with officials stand- top of the Tower took place walked through the length of ing on the top platform of the the famous St George's Hall Tower.

in the Kremlin with its glisteri- Ing alabaster coloured marble

The six-month work on top colonnades and its 2,000 wall of the Tower has also candles to the Grantova

Miss Torre was subpoenaed as a witness for actress Judy

Garland in the latter's $1,393,333 libel and breach of contract mult against the Columbla Broadcast- made Ing System. Miss Torre was possible the establishment of Instructed by the court to name Palace, where junior guests another antenna to distribute the CBS executive who was the were dancing.

colour TV whenever the gov source of Information which ernment decides to start it| allegedly Übelled Miss, Garland. |

United Press,

-United Press,

Shaking hands by the scUTE, he was escorled by a group to a table where he raised a hand and launcher into song.

Ho beat time and led the

concert Impromptu choral patriotic and partisan songs for a quarter of an hour.

of

The small dente orchestra in' the corner of the palace, which is part of the former Czar's Coronation Room, abandoned the "Blue Danube" and plano, drum and cymbal provided the tempo for Mr Khrushchev's "concert."

1

THE BELLOWS

Even the tall bright general of security who normally accom- Leyden, Holland, Nov. 7. panies Mr Khrushchev every- A lead container with 90 where mellowed and joined in sticks of radio-activity' cobalt the final chorus.“ has disappeared

the The... bellow. of the, singera Kamerlingh Onnes Physics drowned the noise of a salute of. But he sold the earth satel-Laboratory of Leyden Univer-cannon going by Donutes, in themselves,.

in the Kremlin were nosity, it was announced today. Park direct threat now. Ho sald They added that, the cobalt After a ringing version their real military significance Thomson.es in the advanced tech was highly dangerous" to the of the Marseillaise-Ukrainian- niques and the competence in life and health of people in style in his deep grating volce

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Khrushchev moved off through the dancers. He stopped for a moment and hugged middle-aged woman in a bluo

steps

with!

frock,

Ho danced a few

her before rejoining the Herds: of State who were still sipping! their wine maplendid isolation.

He appealed to the US to rise afternoon with a Rumdan MIG Ha chatted to scores, of old aboye partisanship,:"close ranks aircraft, Swedish authorities party friends on his way back, us Americans, and get on with staleck. He was understood to through the main chamber, the job to be done."--United have asked for pollucal arylum: but ignored the' Wertern" quests. *Prem,

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United States

Rejects Soviet Idea

Washington, Nov. 7. The State Department today rejected the iden of a "high-lovel" meeting be. tween the United States and the Soviet Union to settle outstanding prob. lems.

by

on

A State Department spokesman,

commenting.

Q specch mado in Moscow yesterday

the Soviet Communiat. Party chief, Nikita Khrush- chev, sald "with respect to Khrushchev's suggestion of i high level medling between the United States and tha USSR to settle outstanding problems," that the US posl- flon was the following:

"Tho

The United Blates has

emphasised, on every occasion that bigh level. meetings of any kind are desirable only if there are reasonable grounds for expecting they would bring beneficial results and that the responsible and In. terested countries would share in them."

.SCOFFED AT

Khrushchev in his speech sug- gested a meeting of leaders of "Socialist and Capitalist countries" to promote peace- fut coexistence and rule out

war

The

as a means of settling international problema.

ot spokesman scoffed Khrushchev's assertion that tho world Was moving Inevitably tow

ably toward Communism.

The spokesman said;

The

The psychologier1

the

and

of acleatine achievploitation intimidation Periodic campaigns cannot obscure the. fact that the basic buman urge is for Democracy and freedom, within the Soviet sphere as well na outside."-- - France-Presse." \

THE MOON:

Mombasa, Nov. 7. A partial eclipse of the moon caused scores of people here to telephone the local newspaper office tonight asking if the Rus- sions bad landed there.-China Mail Special.

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