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Show ieltind the J4eadfine6 , safeguard a disarmament treaty between East and West. Robot monitoring stations may be developed de-veloped to safeguard against violations vio-lations of any nuclear test ban treaty. Sky borne inspection may be partially effective. But Allied and Soviet technical techni-cal experts have agreed that any really adequate monitoring and inspection of conventional armaments arma-ments would have to be done by outside inspection teams. The Soviets have not yet agreed to such inspection, but their technical tech-nical experts agree that a practical prac-tical arms inspections requires "objective ground inspection teams." This means that uniformed representatives from the U. S. would be required to travel on Soviet soil to inspect any and all suspicious violations of any disarmament accord that may be reached at the summit and vice versa. Many Americans do not realize that Soviet troops would have to be given the same freedom free-dom to travel about the U. S. inspecting in-specting against U.S. armament that we would demand inside the Soviet Union. In considering such a possibility, possi-bility, however remote a conventional con-ventional arms inspection may be, both East and West have had to consider the reaction of their peoples to "enemy" troops on their soil in peacetime. A post war era in Cold War feeling is not easily swept aside at the stroke of a pen. The Washington D.C., visit of the 16 Soviet Army and Navy officers and that of a comparable U. S. College delegation dele-gation to Moscow is seen as a "test" of public reaction to free wheeling "enemy" troops in our midst. Despite some criticism, the U.S. and Soviet Union have both ex-j tressed pleasure at the public receptions and welcomes accorded accord-ed their military visitors. Washington Wash-ington believes it indicates there would be little public hostility to foreign troop inspectors if and when any East-West conventional convention-al arms inspection accord should be reached. Even though the Geneva disarmament dis-armament talks have collapsed, the U. S. is highly optimistic of prospects for limited disarmament, disarma-ment, with inspection guarantees at the coming summit conference in Paris. Vice President Nixon has said that he expects disarmament, disarm-ament, with inspection, to be a major test of Soviet intentions at the summit. President Eisenhower has said that he believes Khrushchev, despite de-spite recent "tough talk" on Berlin, Ber-lin, is preparing to negotiate at disarmament seriously at the summit. Secretary of State Her-ter Her-ter has said that he is hopeful that a "trial disarmament inspection" inspec-tion" agreement may come out of the summit talks even if complex, com-plex, full scale disarmament and inspection and arms accord with Red China are still a long way off. The world will be waiting to see. But if, hopefully, the summit sum-mit does produce a break in the disarmament deadlock, a lot more Soviet and U.S. troops will be seen on each other's streets. jEEl Americans can now breathe a little easier. A little publicized "invasion" of the United States by the Soviet Army and Navy has now come to an end. To the casual observer, Washington Wash-ington would appear to have been dominated the past week by the towering presence of the French President Charles De Gaulle during his pre-summit visit to the U. S. De Gaulle did, indeed make a favorable and deep impression. He has cleared away much, if not all, of the misunderstanding, suspicion and distrust that formerly threatened U. S. relations with France, the NATO and Allied unity at the coming Paris summit talks with the Soviets. What has really caused normally nor-mally blase Washington, D. C, to sit up and take notice, has been the invasion of the U. S. by 16 Soviet Army and Navy officers. What would be your own reaction re-action if suddenly on your way to work you encountered a squad of quick moving and alert Soviet military officers who were obviously ob-viously not making a Hollywood film or engaging in a publicity stunt? The Soviet military seemed to be everywhere. Soviet Army and Navy officers woudl be encountered encoun-tered on the streets of the nation's na-tion's capital, in restaurants, the theatre, outside the White House, at the Pentagon, the Library of Congress. Then, just as myseri-ously myseri-ously they disappeared. The group, headed by Soviet Major General Nikolai Korenev-ski. Korenev-ski. came to this country on a military-cultural exchange visit. Their first major stops were at the United Nations and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where they received the usual honors accorded their rank an 11 gun salute. Washington, accustomed to foreign military and diplomatic visits, saw the Soviet military visit as something different. Many were unnerved by the visit of the uniformed Soviet military still remembered more for its suppression of the Hungarian revolt re-volt and its role in the Korean war than for the comradery of the Second World War. There was some open criticism and snickering as they exchange required salutes and shook the hands of U. S. officers and GI's and sought to review troops for inspection. But it was most disconcerting dis-concerting of all to see them marching smartly and in uniform uni-form together, all over the capital capi-tal for the past week. Their prolonged pro-longed week long stay and confinement con-finement to the Washington D.C. area seemed to multiply their number and made them appear to turn up everywhere before returning home. All of this was, of course, expected ex-pected and planned in advance. Their visit and that of a comparable com-parable delegation from the U. S; National War College to the Soviet Union was negotiated by the State and Defense Departments Depart-ments under the "cultural exchange" ex-change" program, to stimulate greater people-to-people contact between East and West. However, it is generally agreed that there were much broader implications in the agreement to , excnange U. S. and Soviet military mili-tary delegations. An East-West disarmament agreement has been made the key to the forthcoming summit conference in Paris. The U. S. has steadfastly insisted on adequate ade-quate inspection guarantees to' |