1958-01-07 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1958.

Mr K. TALKED ABOUT HOW TO END TENSION, AND SAID- 'Eden knew the road to

be followed

to achieve friendly relations'

Now here in full are all the other questions dealt with in the first inter- view with the Soviet Leader ever given to a British newspaper editor:

QUESTION

OU have several times Y spoken

if you thought that the next few years would show an im- in relations provement between Britain and the Soviet Union.

Ar

you

disappointed

wil the progress wkleb

has been mader

QUESTION

ΙΣΟΣΤΣ DEPORTS the possibility of new negotin- tone with the Soviet Union.

The Nato mecur in Paris mention

What in your opinion would be the outcome of Buch talks T they took place in the near future?

Mr. KRUSHCHEV)

E have repeatedly spoken

the necessity

Wat out

But the results of such nego- tiations would only be positive Western countries tho

it

(Mr. KRUSHCHEY

approached the negotiations by co-existence between countries; W Mr Bulganin

the necessity for WHEN we were recognising

in Britain, and myself, Independent of

social we had many talks on this structure, and by recognising question with Sir Anthony Mr Macmillan, Mr existing world situation,

Selwyn Lloyd, Mr Butler, and The Western countries must other British statesmen, also strive to end the cold war malce the International and scene more healthy.

also the status quo-that is, the Eden.

We do know that in the West there are public figures who do not want negotiations,

They

I would like to say, and I hope this will not be considered an Interference in your internal

affairs, that Sir Anthony Eden nlthough he suffered a defent in connection

the Anglo- aggression

declare that Its French

impossible to reach an under standing with representatives of the Soviet Union and that the Soviets enot be trusted.

Necessity

with

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the

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to understand in our opinion the necessity for developing. friendly relations between Soviet Union and Great Britain. In my opinion he also know achieve this.

advantageous rouble exchange rate against foreign murrency..

Thus we created more favour

conditions for tourists to able visit our country more cheaply. If other incasures are necessary then we shall look into the matter, because we want more tourisis.

We don't want to make money from it either. It would be wrong to do that, but no Government would agree to run n tourist trade at a loss.

In short, we shall continue to develop tourism.

QUESTION

UNDERSTAND a number of

Siple of the South Pole says you might find it pretty crowded!

....

HEN Captain Robert The Americans expect to boat

last summer's record

W Falcon Scott, explorer, at the Pale. Then they

The armaments race can only gazed across the brooding took in 750 tons of food and lend to the exhaustion of country's economy and even to waste of the South Pole on equipment.

could January 18, 1912, military conflict, which

ha since. scribbled ini his diary: prove fatal.

"Great God! This is an awful place."

Today the Joneliness thal appalled and, Indeed, killed Scott is gone.

QUESTION

WHAT do you think of

the prospects for pence now? in five years' time? Are you an optimist or pessimist?

But those who say this are, what road should be followed to, Soviet ellizens are anxious everything is in a

strictly speaking, those who do not win to reach an under- standing with the Soviet Union.

talks 1 ut such

Western to this kind my 30%

of leaders

Sympathy

During

our stay

o join close relatives in Britain and the Commonwealth.

Is

in Britain there a possibility of their mak- we talked with British states- ing these Journeys?

"EDEN knew the road...

Mr. KRUSHCHEV

WOULD

shy we are I

on the disappointed, but ather hand we are not particu- larly glad about the state of affairs,

The question of improving relations between our two countries is sort of frozen. think this is due to deuficia!

reasons.

talks, because the present state or relations between countries, including these in Europe, ap- pears unsatisfactory,

The tenseness of the inter- rational scene hinders

peaceful life a labour of the people. It makes them nervous.

The armaments rare weighs on the national economies and,

men about developing relations between our countries.

We talked about the necessity for developing trade, exchanging achievements, litera- various delegations, exchanging relentine

and technical literature, ture and so on.

obtala political concesskæ$_[f not the liquidation of the Soviet system in Russia, then at least the liquidation of the economle ind social successes realised in the People's Democracies, where people are building their lives on Socialist principles-then, of urse, the negulations will not

We had the Impression then be successful,

out If the Western representatives that

suggestions and 1 coquently, weighs also on the have the sense not to make such proposals found sympathy on

start by recognising the necessity demands and 16, 1 repeat, they the British side. for peaceful co-existence and the status quo, then there is no reason

which

would prevent positive results.

In this connection I would like Germany. The mestion 10 German problem Las direct

the question bearing ou recognising the status quo.

If, if

The Soviet people and Govern- ment and, as we are convinced, the British people-all destre thut there should be relations of trust and friendship between our two countries,

the British I suppose that Government also realises the necessity for better relations between our countries,

people of Europe and in other

parts of the world.

Therefore we think that nego- tintions would be useful.

What alms should these negu- Untlong have?

They must have the basle aim of:--

Liquidating the cold war; Lifting from the shoulders of the people the burden of the terminents rice;

Creating normal living cond)- tions for the people;

relallons

And improving between Governments.

And we belleve that finally the difficulties which sull hinder the British Government from taking a more decisive step in

We have said more than once this direction will be overcome. The Interestx

ot our two that all controversial questions countries and the interests of must be settled by means

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If the question of Germany continues to be posed as it is now by some Western leaders that is

taking into Eny, account only the interests of Western Germany and with no

Interests the to Eastern Germany then agreement can be reached on this basis,

our peoples demand a rapproche- negulations. As for us, we are gard mení.

always ready to do this,

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If the status quo is accepted, and the acceptance of the status que in Germany means taking Into accour the existing situa

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Germanys (the German Demo- cratic Republic, a State develop ing on Socialist lines, and the German Federal Republic, a capitalist Slate) then one could establish conditions In

which the German problem could be solved.

The Germans themselves should negotiate about the peaceful reunification of Ger-

many.

As at present, they cannot ye! ogree on unification because the iwo Germanys have different State systems.

First step

But as a first step they could establish, as suggested by the East German Deinocratic Repub- le, a confederation and form some all-German State organisa- tions.

Then the Germans themselves would take caru of further deepening and strengthening of relations between East and West Gerinary.

These are some of the prob- lems that the Western Powers try to put forward as demands from positions of strength"- demands which are completely anacceptable. As for other problem, it seems to me that It should be possible to tackle them in a spirit of common interest, renouncing policies of ultimatum ond diktals.

QUESTION

HERE have been recent signe

THERE

of willingness In Britain to contemplate D situation In Europe where all Germany is neutrailved and denied atomic Weapons.

Do you Ulk this would be a hopeful line for our two countries to explore ?

(MĄ KRUSHCHEV

WE consider that the realisa-

flon of such wishes would be useful for the people of Europe. The Soviet Union would gladiiy take part in a positive solution of this prob- Lern

CAR QUESTIONS

WHAT single "action by the British Government would in your vlow IDOMĖ contribute towards a better. fooling between our two matjouet

[At this point Mr Krushchev gave his views on Anglo-Soviet trade, as reported on Fare One. Then there was the question of

tourism

QUESTION

Is there any likelihood of travel in the Soviet Union belug made less ex- Densive for British tourists? I ask this because I under- aland you are not very satin- fed about the number of tourists foreign

visiting Itusha this year.

(Mr. KRUSHCHEV)

that

The Las

THINK

Government

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Mr. KRUSHCHEV)

Do not understand this ques

tton.

As far as I know, the people of whom you speak have long permission to go ago received and join their families.

If there really are Individual Soviet citizens who have rela- lives in Britain and the Commonwealth, their requests considered will naturally be according to the existing re- gulations.

4- QUESTION

RE you in favour of a stron A Britain in possession of the most modern weapons for her own defence?

(Mr. KRUSHCHEV)

TAVERY country has the right EV

to take care of its security and its defence. A highly de- veloped country te Britain has that right like every other country.

a

There has been the inevitable remark that there are now more men there than penguins..

Brawny, crmoured Ico- breakers chew through lee foes to the polar shelf with tons of nuppiles.

Red-trimmed silver airliners tuke Ice cream, mal, fuel oil, and food. in a few hours these

More has gone la

For eight months ripping winds made flying too risky. Sr. Dr Siple and 18 other volun teers curled up in their, licated village with, says Dr Siple, high-fidelity recordings of Beethoven, bagpipes, and rock 'n' roll. There was plenty of T-bone steaks and beer and 100- cream.

We had canned turkey

and hot showers,"

This summer's first flight took in beating nil — nad 1,000lb of mail. Young Navy techal- clan Earl Johnson whistled as he looked at the postmark on a letter from his girl in sunay Florida. Seven days to the South Polel

Mr. KRUSHCHEV)

HAVE never thought of my- self no a pessimist und I don't consider myself one now,

to a modern Pessimism stems from decadence are delivered and leads to decadence,

village called Amundsen-Scott,

And now Congressmen aro straddling the Earth's southern Here in the Soviet Union [axis.

benting a track, to the Pole. state of Dr Paul Siple, 49-year-old So accessible has it becom

scientist, a huge man with that they have put it on their upsurge our polities, our cul- U.S. lure, and our economy.

grin to match, is back in list of globe-trotting junksets, Before our very eyes

the what Washington from South And in the first Polar rush of were fairy tales and dreams are Polar village.

V.I.P. have gone the U.B. woning true. The Sputnike is cir- Saya be: "In his wildest Ambassador to Now Zealand. cling the earth.

dreams poor Scolt could never Francis H. Russell, and Now have imagined the life we lead Zealand's Minister of Labour. at the Pole now and the com- J. K. McAlpine. forts wo enjoy.

How could I be a pessimist how? Why should I be?

The successes of the Soviet Union

are the work of our Soviet people. There is also my small contribution As Communist and a politician,

Sabro-rattlers

ū

I have always been An optimist. Today I лт optimistle than ever. We believe

As the Antarctic summer blunts the biting edge of the minus-120-degree winter cold, the South Pole is buster than

ever.

Just about everybody is going, or wants to go. The only limitation ja transportation

more space.

that reason and good sense will

MR

THE FAREWELL WORD-

WE AWAIT PREMIER

ER KRUSHCHEV, in saying goodbye after his inter- "We await your Prime Minister in the view, said:

Soviet Unlose,

Government

"We were ruests of the British Last year. The British were very hoepliable,

"In the end, as you Bay, you pay your debts, and I think, that we should not be lesa hospitable if your Prime Minister came to us,"

triumph and proce will be as- sured if the peoples will struggle unsparingly for this.

Now all signs point to the fact that the prospect for peace is brightening.

Nato

And the Socialist countries have never-and by their very nature could never-contemplate an aggressive war. On the con- trazy, they do everything_possi- ble to ensure

peaceful

Co-

of

I would point out that even the existence between States, Prime Ministers

Nato of the

This is also a sign that the countries had to open and close prospects for peace are not bad. their declarations at the

The absolute majority people' in the capitalist countries meeting in Paris with about peace, in spite of the fact I have in mind the ordinary that come of them paid their people, the intellectuals, and tribute to the cabre-rattlers.

even many industrialls's and

words

If the people struggle even representatives of business and It political circles are in favour more decisively for peace, 50 they exert still stronger pres- of peace.

and those statesiren is politicians who do not want peaceful co-existence, peace can be assured,

or sure on

But now the greatness of country is determined not British

strength much

by the

armament placed quantity of its

by the general development of its economy, culture, and science. Peaceful economic competi- tion would be much more useful - and safer.

artificiul administrative barriers on the number of tourists wish- ing to visit the Soviet Union, I these limitations could be ended I expect there would be more tourists here.

This year we took steps to facilitate foreign tourism. We re

vised the service charges for tourists, and introduced a more

So many

NTARCTICA is filling up. The flags of a dozen nations

now fly above 60 bases scattered

eross the snows.

More than 300 scientists are at work-measuring, sounding, probing. Men return wearly from the trail-10 chleken suppers and fim shows.

The "white wilderness" bos been broken up for ever by The black-roofed, hutted town- chips. And the mush, muk** to the huskles is playing a poor second to the roar of tractors,

Ski-alled mall planes

doing their rounds, Helicopters no longer startle the stormry petrels.

Across the other side of the continent, at Halley Bay, 21 Britons are about to receive the latest batch of bundles from Britain. aboard the supply Vessel Totton.

More Britons, headed by geologist Dr Vivian Fuchs, are still pressing, ahead on thels. 2,000-mile trek.

Far to

To stay? AND the Ruselans

the west they are making the oddly-named "Pole of Inaccessibility" as accessible

us Plecndlily by Underground. At their main base, Mirny, they are reported to be building like men who intend to stay for a long time.

The Japa are up on Prince Olaf Coast; the French directly below them on Commonwealth One can say that in the par- sent international situation the Bay; the Norwegians along the Princess Martha Const; and tendency towards peaceful co- existence and the sofiling of can- the Argentinos und Chileans are gathered in Grubom Land. troversial questions by negotia-

And that still leaves the tion, on the basis of equality

Britons with the Belglans, the and the consideration of mutual

B for Interests, is growing stronger. South Africans and At present the relations

That is why we are optimistic others--all drawn in the head- the deep, deep force between

and about the prospects for peace. I long rush to capitalist Socialist countries are changing hope you agree with hie in this. South Bike the old gold prospec-

favour

Beaverbrook Newspapers o?

tors to the Yukon. the Socialist couriries before our very eyes.

Limited, 1957.

Would YOU like to go?

We must also mention an im- portant fact which characterises the present international situa- tion.

The more suc country piles up armaments, the more the other countries strive not to remain behind in the arms in

of

THE PROBLEM OF 1958

In toy-town terms Giles presents the New Year challenge

*We've bad talks at top loval and wo've decided we're going to blast you off the face of tho earth.”