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dated July 27, 1955: Ike reports on summit

President Eisenhower declared on July 25 in Washington that the acid test of the Big Four efforts to end the cold war would be the Foreign Ministers' meeting in Geneva in October. He was reporting to a vast radio and television audience on last week's summit talks. Mr. Eisenhower warned people against being deluded into thinking that one week of friendly talks could wholly eliminate problems arising from the deep gulf separating East and West. But some progress had been made towards getting conciliation, understanding and a desire to see "the other fellow's viewpoint," which had been missing from previous international talks. The President said the acid test should begin in October when the next meeting occurs. This would be the meeting of the Foreign Ministers, and its principal purpose would be to take up general procedures to be observed "in translating the generalities we talked about into specific agreements." Referring to his proposal on exchange of military blueprints and aerial reconnaissance, he said: "If we can go ahead and establish this kind of inspection as a beginning it will be possible to build on it an effective disarmament system."

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