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Pre-press notes, August 6, 1958
Before the group assembled, Jim Hagerty and C. D. Jackson had
gone over with the President matters concerning Mid East, UN,
Khrushchev's latest note, etc.
Dr. Milton's trip to Latin America.
His three points were bank loans,
not grants, stable relationship, clearer understanding in those countries
of American policies.
The President referred to a story related to him
by Dr. Milton illustrating the remarkable communications in Panama to
Moscow, and our own lack of communications.
A statement by some
students +-- pro-Communist -- was picked up in Moscow and immediately
put on radio channels that are beamed back to Panama.
Summit meeting.
The President said we go back to "old refrain" of
properly prepared agenda, etc., though he will try to put it in a more
positive approach.
The meeting now going on between scientists,
and the contemplated meeting for surprise attacks was mentioned.
In
connection with the discussions of banning or cessation of tests, the
President said that if the proup now in Geneva did achieve agreement,
the difficulty would be in our own country where scientists and advisers
are in complete disagreement as to course that should be pursued.
He
said that he and the Secretary of State have long ago come to conclusion
what should be done (and I think, but am not sure, that their decision is
for cessation of testing).
C.D. Jackson pointed out that the climax of Mr. K's last letter was in
final three paragraphs where he suggests again summit meeting -- he
urged the President not to dismiss the question with anything that was
"old hat.''
The President agreed he would say that with proper prepmration,
we are not opposed to a summit meeting.
He said his faith that anything
would come out of such a meeting was close to zero. But if the Soviets
want to go through adequate steps of preparation so that the discussions
might have possibility of being fruitful, he is not opposed.
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General Goodpaster suggested that the President might say he had been
guided by a few principles all along, even before business in Iraq came
up: (a) that peace and security must be put on a stable basis, small
nations must be reassured that they will not be menaced by indirect
aggression «~ this was motivation of action we took;
second principle
is that the UN is the proper forum to consider these questions because
small nations there are given equality;
third - suggested that the President
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