


For/in-hl crucial/jj-hl encounter/nn-hl 
One/cd of/in the/at initial/jj questions/nns put/vbn to/in President/nn-tl Kennedy/np at/in his/pp$ first/od news/nn conference/nn last/ap January/np was/bedz about/in his/pp$ attitude/nn toward/in a/at meeting/nn with/in Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np ./.
Mr./np Kennedy/np replied/vbd :/: 

	``/`` I'm/ppss+bem hopeful/jj that/cs from/in more/ql traditional/jj exchanges/nns we/ppss can/md perhaps/rb find/vb greater/jjr common/jj ground/nn ''/'' ./.


	The/at President/nn-tl knew/vbd that/cs a/at confrontation/nn with/in Mr./np Khrushchev/np sooner/rbr or/cc later/rbr probably/rb was/bedz inevitable/jj and/cc even/rb desirable/jj ./.
But/cc he/pps was/bedz convinced/vbn that/cs the/at realities/nns of/in power/nn --/-- military/jj ,/, economic/jj and/cc ideological/jj --/-- were/bed the/at decisive/jj factors/nns in/in the/at struggle/nn with/in the/at Communists/nns-tl and/cc that/cs these/dts could/md not/* be/be talked/vbn away/rb at/in a/at heads/nns of/in government/nn meeting/nn ./.
He/pps wanted/vbd to/to buy/vb time/nn to/to strengthen/vb the/at U./np S./np and/cc its/pp$ allies/nns and/cc to/to define/vb and/cc begin/vb to/to implement/vb his/pp$ foreign/jj policy/nn ./.


	Last/ap Friday/nr the/at White/jj-tl House/nn-tl announced/vbd :/: 

	President/nn-tl Kennedy/np will/md meet/vb with/in Soviet/nn-tl Premier/nn-tl Nikita/np S./np Khrushchev/np in/in Vienna/np June/np 3/cd and/cc 4/cd ./.


	The/at announcement/nn came/vbd after/in a/at period/nn of/in sharp/jj deterioration/nn in/in East-West/jj-tl relations/nns ./.
The/at heightened/vbn tension/nn ,/, in/in fact/nn ,/, had/hvd been/ben a/at major/jj factor/nn in/in the/at President's/nn$-tl change/nn of/in view/nn about/in the/at urgency/nn of/in a/at meeting/nn with/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn ./.
He/pps was/bedz not/* going/vbg to/in Vienna/np to/to negotiate/vb --/-- the/at simultaneous/jj announcements/nns in/in Washington/np and/cc Moscow/np last/ap week/nn stressed/vbd that/cs no/at formal/jj negotiations/nns were/bed planned/vbn ./.
But/cc Mr./np Kennedy/np had/hvd become/vbn convinced/vbn that/cs a/at personal/jj confrontation/nn with/in Mr./np Khrushchev/np might/md be/be the/at only/ap way/nn to/to prevent/vb catastrophe/nn ./.


	That/dt objective/nn set/vbd the/at high/jj stakes/nns and/cc drama/nn of/in the/at Vienna/np meeting/nn ./.
Despite/in efforts/nns by/in Washington/np last/ap week/nn to/to play/vb down/rp the/at significance/nn of/in the/at meeting/nn ,/, it/pps clearly/rb was/bedz going/vbg to/to be/be one/cd of/in the/at crucial/jj encounters/nns of/in the/at cold/jj war/nn ./.



Road/nn-hl to/in-hl Vienna/np-hl 
The/at U./np S./np and/cc Soviet/nn-tl heads/nns of/in Government/nn-tl have/hv met/vbn three/cd times/nns since/cs Sir/np Winston/np Churchill/np in/in 1953/cd introduced/vbd a/at new/jj word/nn into/in international/jj diplomacy/nn with/in his/pp$ call/nn for/in a/at fresh/jj approach/nn to/in the/at problem/nn of/in peace/nn ``/`` at/in the/at summit/nn of/in the/at nations/nns ''/'' ./.


	The/at first/od time/nn was/bedz in/in 1955/cd when/wrb a/at full-dress/nn Big/jj-tl Four/cd-tl summit/nn meeting/nn produced/vbd the/at ``/`` spirit/nn of/in Geneva/np ''/'' ./.
The/at spirit/nn served/vbd chiefly/rb to/to lull/vb the/at West/nr-tl while/cs Moscow/np made/vbd inroads/nns into/in the/at Middle/jj-tl East/nr-tl ./.


	In/in 1959/cd President/nn-tl Eisenhower/np and/cc Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np held/vbd an/at informal/jj session/nn in/in the/at U./np S./np ./.
That/dt meeting/nn produced/vbd the/at ``/`` spirit/nn of/in Camp/nn-tl David/np-tl ''/'' --/-- a/at spirit/nn ,/, it/pps later/rbr turned/vbd out/rp ,/, that/wps masked/vbd a/at basic/jj misunderstanding/nn about/in progress/nn toward/in a/at Berlin/np settlement/nn ./.


	On/in the/at third/od occasion/nn --/-- another/dt Big/jj-tl Four/cd-tl summit/nn session/nn at/in Paris/np a/at year/nn ago/rb --/-- there/ex was/bedz no/at problem/nn of/in an/at illusory/jj ``/`` spirit/nn ''/'' ./.
Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np wrecked/vbd the/at conference/nn at/in its/pp$ initial/jj session/nn with/in a/at bitter/jj denunciation/nn of/in the/at U./np S./np for/in the/at U-2/nn incident/nn ./.
The/at episode/nn tended/vbd to/to confirm/vb the/at U./np S./np belief/nn that/cs propaganda/nn ,/, the/at hope/nn of/in one-sided/jj concessions/nns ,/, and/cc the/at chance/nn to/to split/vb the/at Allies/nns-tl ,/, rather/in than/in genuine/jj negotiation/nn ,/, were/bed the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader's/nn$ real/jj aims/nns in/in summitry/nn ./.



Pre-inaugural/jj-hl position/nn-hl 
Thus/rb when/wrb Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np intimated/vbd even/rb before/in inauguration/nn that/cs he/pps hoped/vbd for/in an/at early/jj meeting/nn with/in the/at new/jj President/nn-tl ,/, Mr./np Kennedy/np was/bedz confronted/vbn with/in a/at delicate/jj problem/nn ./.
Shortly/rb before/in his/pp$ nomination/nn he/pps had/hvd set/vbn forth/rb his/pp$ basic/jj view/nn about/in the/at problem/nn of/in negotiations/nns with/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn in/in these/dts words/nns :/: 

	``/`` As/ql long/rb as/cs Mr./np Khrushchev/np is/bez convinced/vbn that/cs the/at balance/nn of/in world/nn power/nn is/bez shifting/vbg his/pp$ way/nn ,/, no/at amount/nn of/in either/cc smiles/nns or/cc toughness/nn ,/, neither/cc Camp/nn-tl David/np-tl talks/nns nor/cc kitchen/nn debates/nns ,/, can/md compel/vb him/ppo to/to enter/vb fruitful/jj negotiations/nns ''/'' ./.


	The/at President/nn-tl had/hvd set/vbn for/in himself/ppl the/at task/nn ,/, which/wdt he/pps believed/vbd vital/jj ,/, of/in awakening/vbg the/at U./np S./np and/cc its/pp$ allies/nns to/in the/at hard/jj and/cc complex/nn effort/nn necessary/jj to/to shift/vb that/dt balance/nn ./.
He/pps did/dod not/* want/vb the/at effort/nn weakened/vbn by/in any/dti illusion/nn that/cs summit/nn magic/nn might/md make/vb it/ppo unnecessary/jj ./.
He/pps wanted/vbd time/nn ,/, too/rb ,/, to/to review/vb the/at United/vbn-tl States'/nns$-tl global/jj commitments/nns and/cc to/to test/vb both/abx the/at policies/nns he/pps had/hvd inherited/vbn and/cc new/jj ones/nns he/pps was/bedz formulating/vbg ./.
Above/in all/abn ,/, he/pps did/dod not/* want/vb to/to appear/vb to/to be/be running/vbg hat/nn in/in hand/nn to/in Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev's/np$ doorstep/nn ./.



Attitude/nn-hl flexible/jj-hl 
At/in the/at same/ap time/nn the/at President/nn-tl took/vbd pains/nns not/* to/to rule/vb out/rp an/at eventual/jj meeting/nn with/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn ./.
Ideally/rb ,/, he/pps knew/vbd ,/, it/pps should/md be/be preceded/vbn by/in concrete/jj progress/nn at/in lower/jjr levels/nns ./.
But/cc Mr./np Kennedy/np saw/vbd value/nn even/rb in/in an/at informal/jj meeting/nn ,/, provided/vbn that/cs undue/jj hopes/nns were/bed not/* raised/vbn in/in connection/nn with/in it/ppo ./.
It/pps would/md give/vb him/ppo an/at opportunity/nn to/to take/vb the/at measure/nn of/in his/pp$ chief/jjs adversary/nn in/in the/at cold/jj war/nn ,/, to/to try/vb to/to probe/vb Mr./np Khrushchev's/np$ intentions/nns and/cc to/to make/vb clear/jj his/pp$ own/jj views/nns ./.
Moreover/rb ,/, an/at eventual/jj meeting/nn was/bedz desirable/jj if/cs for/in no/at other/ap reason/nn than/cs to/to satisfy/vb world/nn opinion/nn that/cs the/at U./np S./np was/bedz not/* inflexible/jj and/cc was/bedz sparing/vbg no/at effort/nn to/to ease/vb international/jj tensions/nns ./.


	Both/abx elements/nns --/-- the/at caution/nn about/in a/at meeting/nn ,/, the/at willingness/nn eventually/rb to/to hold/vb one/cd --/-- were/bed reflected/vbn in/in a/at letter/nn from/in the/at President/nn-tl which/wdt Ambassador/nn-tl Llewellyn/np E./np Thompson/np brought/vbd back/rb to/in Russia/np late/rb in/in February/np ./.
The/at letter/nn ,/, dated/vbn Feb./np 22/cd ,/, was/bedz delivered/vbn to/in Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np in/in Novosibirsk/np ,/, Siberia/np ,/, on/in March/np 9/cd ./.
It/pps dealt/vbd mainly/rb with/in a/at broad/jj range/nn of/in East-West/jj-tl issues/nns ./.
But/cc it/pps also/rb briefly/rb suggested/vbd the/at possibility/nn of/in a/at meeting/nn with/in Mr./np Khrushchev/np before/in the/at end/nn of/in the/at year/nn if/cs the/at international/jj climate/nn were/bed favorable/jj and/cc schedules/nns permitted/vbd ./.


	Developments/nns over/in the/at next/ap two/cd months/nns ,/, however/wrb ,/, caused/vbd the/at President/nn-tl to/to reconsider/vb the/at question/nn of/in the/at timing/nn ./.
There/ex were/bed intense/jj discussions/nns in/in the/at inner/jj councils/nns of/in the/at White/jj-tl House/nn-tl about/in the/at advisability/nn of/in an/at early/jj meeting/nn ,/, not/* because/cs the/at international/jj climate/nn was/bedz improving/vbg ,/, but/cc precisely/rb because/cs it/pps was/bedz deteriorating/vbg alarmingly/rb ./.



Deadlock/nn-hl on/in-hl tests/nns-hl 
The/at President/nn-tl was/bedz especially/rb concerned/vbn about/in the/at deadlock/nn in/in the/at nuclear/jj test/nn ban/nn negotiations/nns at/in Geneva/np ./.
The/at deadlock/nn has/hvz been/ben caused/vbn by/in the/at Russians'/nps$ new/jj demand/nn for/in a/at three-man/jj (/( East/nr-tl ,/, West/jj-tl and/cc neutral/jj )/) directorate/nn ,/, and/cc thus/rb a/at veto/nn ,/, over/in the/at control/nn machinery/nn ./.
In/in the/at U./np S./np ,/, strong/jj pressures/nns have/hv been/ben building/vbg up/rp for/in a/at resumption/nn of/in tests/nns on/in grounds/nns that/cs the/at Russians/nps may/md be/be secretly/rb testing/vbg ./.


	Mr./np Kennedy/np was/bedz less/ql troubled/vbn by/in that/dt possibility/nn than/cs by/in the/at belief/nn that/cs a/at Geneva/np breakdown/nn ,/, or/cc even/rb continued/vbn stalemate/nn ,/, would/md mean/vb an/at unchecked/jj spread/nn of/in nuclear/jj weapons/nns to/in other/ap countries/nns as/ql well/rb as/cs a/at fatal/jj blow/nn to/in any/dti hope/nn for/in disarmament/nn ./.
There/ex was/bedz reason/nn to/to believe/vb that/cs Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np was/bedz also/rb concerned/vbn about/in a/at possible/jj spread/nn of/in nuclear/jj weapons/nns ,/, particularly/rb to/in Communist/nn-tl China/np ./.
The/at question/nn arose/vbd as/in to/in whether/cs a/at frank/jj discussion/nn of/in that/dt danger/nn with/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn had/hvd not/* become/vbn urgent/jj ./.
Moreover/rb ,/, Moscow/np appeared/vbd determined/vbn to/to apply/vb the/at tripartite/jj veto/nn principle/nn to/in the/at executive/nn organs/nns of/in all/abn international/jj bodies/nns ,/, including/in the/at U./np N./np Secretariat/nn-tl and/cc the/at International/jj-tl Control/nn-tl Commission/nn-tl for/in-tl Laos/np-tl ./.
Mr./np Kennedy/np was/bedz convinced/vbn that/dt insistence/nn on/in the/at demand/nn would/md make/vb international/jj agreements/nns ,/, or/cc even/rb negotiations/nns ,/, impossible/jj ./.


	Developments/nns in/in Cuba/np and/cc Laos/np also/rb suggested/jj the/at advisability/nn of/in an/at early/jj summit/nn meeting/nn ./.
Initially/rb the/at White/jj-tl House/nn-tl reaction/nn was/bedz that/cs the/at bitter/jj exchanges/nns with/in Moscow/np over/in Cuba/np and/cc the/at conflict/nn in/in Laos/np had/hvd dampened/vbn prospects/nns for/in a/at meeting/nn ./.
At/in the/at same/ap time/nn ,/, there/ex was/bedz increased/vbn reason/nn for/in a/at quick/jj meeting/nn lest/cs the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn ,/, as/cs a/at result/nn of/in those/dts episodes/nns ,/, come/vb to/in a/at dangerously/rb erroneous/jj conclusion/nn about/in the/at West's/nr$-tl ability/nn and/cc determination/nn to/to resist/vb Communist/nn-tl pressure/nn ./.


	In/in Cuba/np ,/, the/at U./np S./np had/hvd blundered/vbn badly/rb and/cc created/vbn the/at impression/nn of/in impotency/nn against/in Communist/nn-tl penetration/nn even/rb on/in its/pp$ own/jj doorstep/nn ./.
In/in Laos/np ,/, the/at picture/nn was/bedz almost/ql equally/ql bad/jj ./.
U./np S./np willingness/nn to/to accept/vb a/at neutral/jj Laos/np may/md have/hv led/vbn Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np to/to believe/vb that/cs other/ap areas/nns could/md be/be ``/`` neutralized/vbn ''/'' on/in Soviet/nn-tl terms/nns ./.
Beyond/in that/dt ,/, Allied/vbn-tl disagreement/nn about/in military/jj intervention/nn in/in Laos/np --/-- despite/in warnings/nns that/cs they/ppss might/md do/do so/rb --/-- allowed/vbd Moscow/np to/to carry/vb out/rp with/in impunity/nn a/at series/nn of/in military/jj and/cc diplomatic/jj moves/nns that/wps greatly/rb strengthened/vbd the/at pro-Communist/jj forces/nns ./.
As/cs a/at result/nn ,/, the/at West/nr-tl is/bez in/in a/at poor/jj bargaining/nn position/nn at/in the/at current/jj Geneva/np negotiations/nns on/in Laos/np ,/, and/cc South/jj-tl Vietnam/np-tl and/cc other/ap nations/nns in/in Southeast/jj-tl Asia/np-tl are/ber under/in increased/vbn pressure/nn ./.


	In/in the/at light/nn of/in those/dts events/nns ,/, there/ex appeared/vbd to/to be/be a/at real/jj danger/nn that/cs Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np might/md overreach/vb himself/ppl ./.
Ambassador/nn-tl Thompson/np reported/vbd from/in Moscow/np that/cs the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader's/nn$ mood/nn was/bedz cocky/jj and/cc aggressive/jj ./.
He/pps has/hvz indicated/vbn that/cs he/pps plans/vbz new/jj moves/nns on/in Berlin/np before/cs the/at year/nn is/bez out/rp ./.
The/at President/nn-tl and/cc his/pp$ advisers/nns felt/vbd that/cs the/at time/nn might/md have/hv come/vbn to/to warn/vb Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np against/in a/at grave/jj miscalculation/nn in/in areas/nns such/jj as/cs Berlin/np ,/, Iran/np or/cc Latin/jj-tl America/np-tl from/in which/wdt there/ex would/md be/be no/at turning/nn back/rb ./.


	It/pps was/bedz in/in the/at midst/nn of/in such/jj White/jj-tl House/nn-tl deliberations/nns that/cs Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np on/in May/np 4/cd made/vbd new/jj inquiries/nns through/in the/at U./np-tl S./np-tl Embassy/nn-tl in/in Moscow/np about/in a/at meeting/nn with/in the/at President/nn-tl in/in the/at near/jj future/nn ./.
Mr./np Kennedy/np told/vbd Moscow/np he/pps would/md give/vb his/pp$ answer/nn by/in May/np 20/cd after/in consultation/nn with/in the/at Allies/nns-tl ./.
The/at response/nn from/in London/np ,/, Paris/np and/cc Bonn/np was/bedz favorable/jj ./.
Firm/jj arrangements/nns for/in the/at meeting/nn in/in Vienna/np were/bed worked/vbn out/rp in/in a/at final/jj exchange/nn between/in Moscow/np and/cc Washington/np last/ap week/nn ./.
Apparently/rb at/in the/at insistence/nn of/in the/at U./np S./np ,/, the/at simultaneous/jj announcements/nns issued/vbn in/in Washington/np and/cc Moscow/np last/ap Friday/nr emphasized/vbd the/at ``/`` informal/jj ''/'' nature/nn of/in the/at meeting/nn ./.
The/at Washington/np announcement/nn said/vbd :/: 

	``/`` The/at President/nn-tl and/cc Chairman/nn-tl Khrushchev/np understand/vb that/cs this/dt meeting/nn is/bez not/* for/in the/at purpose/nn of/in negotiating/vbg or/cc reaching/vbg agreement/nn on/in the/at major/jj international/jj problems/nns that/wps involve/vb the/at interest/nn of/in many/ap other/ap countries/nns ./.
The/at meeting/nn will/md ,/, however/wrb ,/, afford/vb a/at timely/jj and/cc convenient/jj opportunity/nn for/in the/at first/od personal/jj contact/nn between/in them/ppo and/cc a/at general/jj exchange/nn of/in views/nns on/in the/at major/jj issues/nns which/wdt affect/vb the/at relationships/nns between/in the/at two/cd countries/nns ''/'' ./.



The/at outlook/nn 
The/at Vienna/np meeting/nn will/md bring/vb together/rb a/at seasoned/vbn ,/, 67-year-old/jj veteran/nn of/in the/at cold/jj war/nn who/wps ,/, in/in Mr./np Kennedy's/np$ own/jj words/nns ,/, is/bez ``/`` shrewd/jj ,/, tough/jj ,/, vigorous/jj ,/, well-informed/jj and/cc confident/jj ''/'' ,/, and/cc a/at 44-year-old/jj President/nn-tl (/( his/pp$ birthday/nn is/bez May/np 29/cd )/) with/in a/at demonstrated/vbn capacity/nn for/in political/jj battle/nn but/cc little/ap experience/nn in/in international/jj diplomacy/nn ./.
The/at announcement/nn last/ap week/nn of/in the/at forthcoming/jj encounter/nn produced/vbd strong/jj reactions/nns in/in the/at U./np S./np of/in both/abx approval/nn and/cc disapproval/nn ./.


	The/at approval/nn did/dod not/* arise/vb from/in an/at expectation/nn of/in far-reaching/jj agreements/nns at/in Vienna/np ./.
The/at inclination/nn was/bedz to/to accept/vb the/at statement/nn that/cs there/ex would/md be/be no/at formal/jj negotiations/nns ./.
But/cc those/dts who/wps were/bed in/in favor/nn of/in the/at meeting/nn felt/vbd that/cs a/at frank/jj exchange/nn between/in the/at two/cd men/nns and/cc an/at opportunity/nn to/to size/vb one/cd another/dt up/rp would/md prove/vb salutary/jj ./.
Mr./np Khrushchev/np is/bez known/vbn to/to rely/vb heavily/rb on/in his/pp$ instincts/nns about/in his/pp$ adversaries/nns and/cc to/to be/be a/at shrewd/jj judge/nn of/in men/nns ./.
The/at feeling/nn was/bedz that/cs he/pps would/md sense/vb an/at inner/jj core/nn of/in toughness/nn and/cc determination/nn in/in the/at President/nn-tl and/cc that/cs plain/jj talk/nn by/in Mr./np Kennedy/np would/md give/vb him/ppo pause/nn ./.


	Apart/rb from/in the/at personal/jj equation/nn ,/, another/dt reason/nn advanced/vbn in/in favor/nn of/in the/at meeting/nn was/bedz that/cs too/ql often/rb in/in the/at past/nn the/at U.S./np appeared/vbd to/to have/hv been/ben dragged/vbn reluctantly/rb to/in the/at summit/nn ./.
Premier/nn-tl Khrushchev/np has/hvz made/vbn propaganda/nn capital/nn out/in of/in that/dt fact/nn and/cc in/in the/at end/nn got/vbd his/pp$ summit/nn meeting/nn anyway/rb ./.
This/dt time/nn the/at initiative/nn came/vbd ,/, in/in part/nn at/in least/ap ,/, from/in Washington/np ./.



Other/ap-hl allies/nns-hl consulted/vbn-hl 
There/ex was/bedz also/rb the/at fact/nn that/cs by/in the/at time/nn he/pps meets/vbz Mr./np Khrushchev/np ,/, the/at President/nn-tl will/md have/hv completed/vbn conversations/nns with/in all/abn the/at other/ap principal/jjs Allied/vbn-tl leaders/nns ./.
Thus/rb he/pps will/md be/be in/in a/at position/nn to/to disabuse/vb the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn of/in any/dti notions/nns he/pps may/md have/hv about/in grave/jj Allied/vbn-tl disunity/nn ./.


	Finally/rb ,/, there/ex was/bedz a/at wide/jj area/nn of/in agreement/nn on/in the/at value/nn of/in the/at President's/nn$-tl making/vbg a/at final/jj effort/nn in/in the/at summit/nn spotlight/nn for/in a/at nuclear/jj test/nn accord/nn ./.
There/ex is/bez no/at single/ap issue/nn that/wps has/hvz aroused/vbn stronger/jjr feelings/nns throughout/in the/at world/nn ./.
If/cs tests/nns are/ber to/to be/be resumed/vbn ,/, the/at argument/nn went/vbd ,/, it/pps is/bez vital/jj that/cs the/at U./np S./np make/vb plain/jj that/cs the/at onus/nn belongs/vbz to/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl Union/nn-tl ./.


	Disapproval/nn of/in the/at meeting/nn was/bedz based/vbn largely/rb on/in the/at belief/nn that/cs the/at timing/nn could/md hardly/rb be/be worse/jjr ./.
After/in Cuba/np and/cc Laos/np ,/, it/pps was/bedz argued/vbn ,/, Mr./np Khrushchev/np will/md interpret/vb the/at President's/nn$-tl consent/nn to/in the/at meeting/nn as/cs further/jjr evidence/nn of/in Western/jj-tl weakness/nn --/-- perhaps/rb even/rb panic/nn --/-- and/cc is/bez certain/jj to/to try/vb to/to exploit/vb the/at advantage/nn he/pps now/rb believes/vbz he/pps holds/vbz ./.
Moreover/rb ,/, the/at President/nn-tl is/bez meeting/vbg the/at Soviet/nn-tl leader/nn at/in a/at time/nn when/wrb the/at Administration/nn-tl has/hvz still/rb not/* decided/vbn on/in the/at scope/nn of/in America's/np$ firm/jj foreign/jj policy/nn commitments/nns ./.
The/at question/nn was/bedz raised/vbn ,/, for/in example/nn ,/, as/in to/in what/wdt attitude/nn the/at President/nn-tl would/md take/vb if/cs Mr./np Khrushchev/np proposes/vbz a/at broad/jj neutral/jj belt/nn extending/vbg from/in Southeast/jj-tl Asia/np-tl to/in the/at Middle/jj-tl East/nr-tl ./.

