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Settle eo wo ses gs oaks! ESE Se porate ne Nene nt : States has been seek Presidéat "told @ aues- -that the.furor over the fo re aaarie hac rot changed lans for visiting Russia fm June. He-explained that his recent casual remark, “if I go to Russia,” meant merely that @ne never can tell what is iar Eisenhower's statement " Was given in advance of word from Moscow that Soviet Pre- ‘miler Khrushchev had -raised. - Bome question about whether the President should visit Russia. Mr. Eisenhower's statement amounted to a complete de- fense of thé way- United inier- mation about “Soviet military Preparations by sending high- | planes over Russia to ‘ bring back pictures. “Defends Initial Explanation There also was an ‘mplied | Gefense of the way the State‘ Department and the Nationa) Aeronsutics and Admin- istration first tried to explain away Premier Khrushchev's atatements about downing the spy plane by suggesting that it was a NASA weather obser- vation plane which had strayed into Russia because the pilot might have become unconscious due to trouble with his oxygen. . equipment. “These activities have their own rules and methods of -con- cealment, which seek to mis- lead and obsecure—just as in the Soviet allegations there are discre . He added that “the normal - agencies of our Government are unaware of these specific. attivities or of the special ef- forts to conceal them.” Unaware of Mission - ‘ue appeared to. BE saying “that the Btate Department and RAGA knew nothing about the mission of the downed e ‘when -they made their first public statements. ~ Mr. Eisenhower explained that the secret intelligence _ gathering ectivities are di- vorced from the regular, visible agencies of Government which] woiverment in specific Getailed vides.” — { das issued anectites tt gather ‘tn every feasible way the In- ” formation required, to protect the United Btates and thd tree world against surprise attack end to enable them to make Wective preparations tor. #-, Sense." j He iemphastsed” “that. “the safety of the whole free world demands” that America’s de- ferrent power . “aust: never-pe placed in jeopardy” of a gir- pribe attack that. Mpuld . ee "The President. that yo labge-scale attac ae be pre-. pared secretly in most of the . world. But he charged that the Soviet secrecy fetish is a major cause of international tension and uneasiness. - - Mr. Eisenhower said America. ‘would prefer a different kind of -worlé and that wis why he made in 1955 and will renew next week his “open skies” pro- posal to permit aerial observa- a7 The President insisted, how- , that the United States is ‘Tot ‘engaged in anything that “éduld: hohestly ‘be . considered “provocative in sending unarmed planes over Russia.” «< * Rialeule Gremyke Charge Be was asked about a ‘speech by Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko today charging the: United States with deliberately! gngaging in provorative acts | Ee said: such nee “ad egluiely ridiculous ey | know it.” opr | _slay clear -of operational fnef domestic affairs hot id call in foe two or three “He has te afi piv me some of people,*: Mr. Khrushebev. $335 aie Except for possible Shsence! ' ef not more than twe or three! ‘days in case sotiething came up demanding his attention at bame. Mr. Eisenhower said he & ‘prepared to stay at the sum- mit conference as iong as he ean see any \usefuliness in it atever. And if he should have leave, he would be prepared go right back, he added. °5 “wo planes Over U. & . Asked about reports of Rus-: reconnaissance plane flights. ‘ey American territory, Mr.| wer replied, all he anted to say was that there been none over the conti- nental United States. As to whether projected) ‘picture-taking satellites might @rase worries about Soviet , becrecy in military preparation en if the Russians turn down “Open skies” proposad, the "president eaid there was no [the of dita Tri her test the satellites e €, would ofeEte= =