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Show 0. S. Hurls Hast k Rugs Foir Jtaoliiinig Stiudeinnis Yank Diplomats Called To 'Strategy' Mcoting WASHINGTON, Oct (UP) The stats department announced Thursday that United States diplomats dip-lomats from all nations In the Soviet sphere of eastsra Europe win gather la London Oct. 24-3S for aa extraordinary; conference on "cold war" strategy. State department spokesman Ltnoola Whits announced the London Lon-don conference call. Ha knew of nothing liks It la the past sines ths cold war started. . Officials gave this estimate of what ths United States diplomats will talk about: "It la implicit that they will discuss how best, to handle ths outrageous propaganda . disseminated dissemi-nated (by Soviet sphere governments), govern-ments), completely distorting everything this country stands for. and how It may be. possible to make the peoples, as opposed to ths governments, understand what we stand for." Those summoned to ths London meeting include American ambassadors ambas-sadors from Russia, Poland, Caechoslovakta and Yugoslavia, and United States ministers from Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. WASHINGTON, Ort f (UP) The United States Thursday accused ac-cused Russia of "shocking contravention contra-vention to the most elementary standards of International tfe- eency" In Imprisoning two American Ameri-can students for sight weeks. la a "most energetic protest, ths United States demanded pun Ishment of ths Soviet officials responsible re-sponsible for such acts. It also Insisted that the "elementary rights" of its citlsena be observed hi ths future, Jailed by Buss The American students were Imprisoned Im-prisoned by Russian officials after they wandered Into ths Ruasiaa sons of Germany. Ths state department made pub-lie pub-lie the text of aa unusually blunt note delivered In Moscow Thursday Thurs-day dealing with the case of the two youths. Warren Orlsner and Peter Sellers. Ths students were released by ths Russians Sent. 38. Ths note said that ths b ovist chief of staff In Germany had referred re-ferred to the "character of the actions" of the pair and had asked that the United States take measures meas-ures Mto avoid repetition of such incidents." The American note said "such admonitions are misdirected mis-directed , . ; Mlaer Otfene , The American not said the youths inadvertent v end innocently inno-cently entered the feuviet soneT and that their of'ne was minor. "It sertainly c ' y de tentioa for over : , la eluding two we s ; i . y coa finement," the U. M. ne id. The note pointed out tat the Soviet authorities did not consider the pair "to be criminals or spies," and that no formal charges ever wars preferred against thein. , |