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...Macmillan, Debre Discuss Berlin...
PARIS, March 9--Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's new proposals for West Berlin were first presented to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Moscow, informed sources said tonight. Macmillan discussed them with French Premier Michel Debre earlier...
While it would be unfair to Premier Khrushchev to consider Prime Minister Macmillan's recent Russian trip a triumph for the West, much more has been gained by it than might have been expected...
...Macmillan had few illusions of success when he arrived in Moscow wearing his fabled fur hat, and throughout his visit he was reasonable, firm and articulate. Even when Khrushchev turned from geniality to insolence, reversing what he called the Russian tradition of beginning a meal with tart foods and ending with sweet ones, Macmillan remained receptive yet firm. He had come, he said, to explain the position of the West and to learn at first hand the attitude of the Russians on the problem of Berlin and central Europe...
...developing Western policy and in future negotiations with Russia. He has come away very impressed with Russia's fear of Germany and with her desire to negotiate a stabilized situation in East Germany, free of what Khrushchev styles the "abnormal" presence of the armed Western enclave in Berlin. Macmillan is equally convinced that Khrushchev's domination of Soviet policy is so complete that any conclusions requiring Russian concessions will have to be made at the summit...