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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Soviet Premier Khrushchev, at a Moscow reception for the Bolshevik Revolution's 45th anniversary, announced the dismantling of 40 Soviet rockets in Cuba and declared no need for a summit with Kennedy amid easing tensions, while warning of remaining issues like Berlin and nuclear tests.
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MOSCOW (AP)--Premier Khrushchev said today 40 Soviet rockets stationed in Cuba have been dismantled and "are probably already on their way," presumably to this country. Now, he added, there is no need for a summit meeting with President Kennedy.
He confessed deep relief at easing of the Cuban crisis but warned, in talking to reporters at a Kremlin reception marking the 45th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, that some tensions remain.
The Soviet Premier, however, seemed in a relaxed mood and appeared to be celebrating a relaxation of the Cuban tension.
"A hard policy is not always best." he told reporters in discussing conduct of foreign policy.
"Flexibility is necessary."
'I was never in favor of a summit meeting. If there was a situation where there was a question of peace or war, then, of course, we would be in favor of it. But now there is no such necessity," he said.
Khrushchev, appearing in a holiday mood, made these other points as he rambled through the interview and four toasts:
The present series of Soviet nuclear tests will end Nov. 20 but will be resumed unless agreement on a nuclear test ban is reached.
The Berlin problem, in the wake of the Cuban crisis, "is assuming even greater acuteness." But he avoided attaching a time limit for the signing of a separate peace treaty with East Germany.
He confessed deep relief at the passing of the Cuban crisis and seemed to be celebrating the easing of Soviet-American tensions.
"A week ago we were on the edge of the precipice of thermonuclear war," he said with a frown.
"Both sides were ready for it."
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Moscow
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During The 45th Anniversary Of The Bolshevik Revolution
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40 soviet rockets stationed in cuba have been dismantled and are probably already on their way; easing of the cuban crisis; no need for a summit meeting
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Premier Khrushchev said 40 Soviet rockets in Cuba have been dismantled and are probably on their way back. He expressed deep relief at the easing of the Cuban crisis but warned some tensions remain. He stated there is no need for a summit meeting with President Kennedy as there is no question of peace or war. He discussed foreign policy needing flexibility. He noted Soviet nuclear tests will end Nov. 20 but resume without a test ban agreement. The Berlin problem is more acute post-Cuban crisis, but no time limit for a peace treaty with East Germany. He said a week ago both sides were on the edge of thermonuclear war.