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...Soviet proposal was a spectacular playon the eve of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden's trip to Washington-for a deal between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., a nightmare prospect for the U.S.'s allies in both Europe and Asia. (In 1954 Russia proposed an all-European accord that would have excluded the U.S. from Eu rope.) Bulganin doubtless hoped it would reinstate him in his favorite propaganda role of peacemaker. Eisenhower's skillful, moderate reply not only exposed the hollowness of the Russian plea but clearly implied that the real hope of settling the cold...
...three times with Secretary of State Dulles to prepare for this week's discussion of international problems with Sir Anthony Eden and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd...
...preserve its detachment, the United States must act through the United Nations, as President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Eden have indicated. Their recent statement, however, which was limited to stressing mediation, is not strong enough. Working through the United Nations must not mean merely maintaining observation posts. The United Nations should send troops to create a neutral zone, thereby preventing the retaliatory raids which each day furnish an excuse...
Baghdad Pact. Eden will urge the U.S. to join. He hopes thus to bring the U.S., its power, its money and its prestige fully into the Middle East, and at Britain's side. The U.S. is for the pact, but in view of the Arabs' mixed reaction to it, doesn't believe the U.S. should get involved...
...shall not agree about everything," Eden comfortably told a TV audience. "Free countries never do. Nor do free men, often enough. But I believe that out of that meeting can come, perhaps, a message of hope and guidance to the world." If there was to be hope found, or guidance given, the U.S. and Britain would have to intervene forcefully in the Israel-Arab situation. To hear both impassioned sides tell it (see below), the Arabs and the Jews are preparing for, or at least resigned to war. Part, but not all, of this noise is designed for outside effect...