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...talks begun last month, Soviet Ambassador Mikhail A. ("Smiling Mike") Menshikov showed no Camp David openhandedness, demanded that trade be discussed along with the debt. U.S. Negotiator Charles E. Bohlen, longtime (1950-57) U.S. Ambassador to Moscow and now Special Assistant to Secretary of State Herter, patiently explained that trade bans were largely Congress' affair, and what about the lend-lease bill? Last week, his patience worn thin after four fruitless sessions, "Chip" Bohlen broke off the talks, marking the third U.S. failure since 1947 to get a pennies-on-the-dollar settlement of a bad debt...
...President of the U.S. sat down one day last week with Secretary of State Christian Herter and addressed himself to the problem of U.S. response to Fidel Castro's charges of "aggressive acts and conspiratorial activities" by the U.S. Eisenhower's decision-while some Congressmen and critics cried for retaliation -was to remain unprovoked...
Washington, like most of the world, watched the sad-sack circus with incredulity, but in the end decided that the national dignity called for action. Secretary of State Christian Herter called Ambassador Bonsai back to the U.S., apparently to stay as long as he cannot live in Havana without insults. Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he was "deeply worried" over Cuba's course, conferred with President Eisenhower on worst-ever U.S.-Cuban relations. The Administration asked for a new law giving the White House authority to change quotas on the high-priced U.S. sugar market...
...President's position on Cuba was set out following two days of conferences among Eisenhower, Secretary of State Christian A. Herter and the U.S. ambassador to Cuba, Philip W. Bonsal...
...logical result is the signing this week of the revised U.S.-Japanese Treaty. As Prime Minister Kishi and U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter put their signatures to paper, there is every prospect that Japan and the U.S. will stand together in the Pacific for years to come. What is not so certain is how long Kishi will survive as Prime Minister. There is no tradition of lasting leadership in Japan, and the Liberal-Democratic Party is little more than a coalition of eight major factions, each with its own leader. "They are like a pack of wolves," says...