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. ~ ' v - . ; : r - os w x v bal 7 : * the CCCPSU. Tinofcev learned from the personal political secretary of Soviet Premier Nikita lhrushchev that at the cnd of the first day of the recent conference between President John F. Lennedy and Premier Ehrushchey in Vienna, Austria (June 3-4, 1961), Khrushchev remarked, "well, I guess you want to know what I think of bin?" Khrushchev answered his own question by stating, "Young and green." At the end of the sccond day of the cone ference, Khrushchev remaried, “Today was different. T started off from a position of strength by raising my voice and making demands. Lennedy countered me and 2180 raised his voice. I said to myself, ho, ho, what have we here. I took notice that ho was clever, tough and sajyacious. What convinced me of this was the following: when I told hin that we were going through with the sign- ing of the peace treaty with Last Germany, Kennedy said, ‘Et looks like it is going to be a cold winter, '" ; Aleksei Ajubei, Ehrushchev's son-inelaw and Editor of tho Sovict newspaper "Izvestia,” told Tinofcov that Ajubeoi and another Soviet journalist GHthail A, Nnarlanov) whe visited the United States during June, 1961, and who had a private confcronce with President lonuedy, cane to the United States principally to "size uo" the President and his advdinistration, The journalists concluded that President Nennedy i¢ intelligent and seart because he has put himself ia an indenendent nosition by surroudding himscif with men of different viewsoints. the one bad influence singled out by the journalists is Bean Acheson, former Secretary of Statc, whom they described | as dangerous, prejudiced, dogmatic and "thinking in the pas. NOTE ON YELLOW: ‘ unauthorized Classified Uee-Seeret!’ because/disclosure of this information could result in exceptionally grave damage to the Nation. This information was obtained by NY 694-S% and is contained in New York teletype 7-15-61 captioned "Solo, Is - Cc," Copies of this communication are being furnished to Special Assistant to the President O'Donnell, Secretary of State Rusk, Director Dulles of CIA and the Attorney General and are being transmitted by letters all dated