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Barely two hours after Ike had spoken, Nikita Khrushchev lashed back. This time the scene of Nikita's diatribe was the Chess Pavilion of Moscow's Gorky Park, where Soviet propagandists had mounted a show of trophies of the U2. Walking in unannounced, Khrushchev stared at the exhibits, quipped: "I suppose you could call this an exchange of technical information." Then he clambered up on a wicker chair and held an impromptu press conference. Asked whether his estimation of Eisenhower had been changed by the U-2 incident, Nikita attacked Ike directly for the first time since...
...hour later, Ike issued his own account of the proceedings. "I have come to Paris," he went on, "to seek agreements with the Soviet Union which would eliminate the necessity for all forms of espionage, including overflights ... I am planning in the near future to submit to the U.N. a proposal for the creation of a U.N. aerial surveillance to detect preparations for attack. This surveillance system would operate in the territories of all nations prepared to accept such inspection...
When he came to Nikita's conduct at the meeting, Ike was stern. Said he: "Mr. Khrushchev was left in no doubt by me that his ultimatum would never be acceptable to the U.S. Mr. Khrushchev brushed aside all arguments of reason . . . The only conclusion that can be drawn from his behavior this morning was that he came all the way from Moscow to Paris with the sole intention of sabotaging this meeting, on which so much of the hopes of the world have rested...
...Ike made it plain that he was still prepared to negotiate, even offered separate bilateral talks with Khrushchev to deal with the problem of espionage. Said he: "I see no reason to use this incident to disrupt the conference...
Reassured by the U.S. pledge to defend its allies, Pakistan's President Ayub Khan warned Moscow: "We will not be browbeaten." Even the Indian press, while chiding Ike for not keeping the Pentagon under tighter rein, showed an appreciation of U.S. worldwide military responsibilities unheard of in New Delhi's neutralism in the days before Red China began nibbling at India's borders...