President Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles, and their examination, with the foreign secretaries of Washington and London, of the most effective means of recov-ering the scientific and political initiative from the Russians. And

it is no mere conjecture to say that the new Washington talks are nothing but a continuation of the Bermuda talks between the two leaders, Eisenhower and Macmillan, at the end of last year... The situation in the Middle

East, and the Russians' launching of their artificial satellite, may well be two grave reasons for hastening the date of coming conferences and talks, whether in Washington, London, or Paris.