Foreign Relations: Unthawing the Thaw

For once, talk about a thaw in the cold war seemed realistic. Last week President Kennedy signed the test ban treaty, handed around 16 souvenir pens to Senators and Administration officials who were in the White House for the occasion. In response, Russia's Premier Khrushchev sent out messages of congratulation saying that the treaty opened the way to solution of "other ripe international issues."

In the new spirit, the U.S. and Russia again exchanged nationals who had been held on charges of spying. It was the second time the two countries have...

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