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Focuses on the proposal for the military disengagement in Central Europe. Proposal for a mutual withdrawal of Soviet forces behind Soviet frontiers and the U.S. forces from Europe. Belief of the people that world peace depended on the balance of mutual terror; Local war of three non-Communist governments against the Soviet Union, with the help of Allies; Assumption underlying current Western policy in Europe is that America will respond by massive thermonuclear retaliation to any major Soviet attack; Factors responsible for the decline of communism in the Soviet Union; Statement that the Soviet control of Eastern Europe depends on the presence of the Red Army; Role of the military disengagement in Europe, on Cold War, going on among the nations. INSET: "DISENGAGEMENT".

The article focuses on the relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union. In three months, the atmosphere of Soviet-American relations has returned to those halcyon World War II days of 15 years ago. Or so it seems in Moscow. The Communists would like to forget the Cold War ever took place. They want a "peaceful coexistence" which confirms their postwar advance into Eastern Europe. Political settlements are desirable but not immediately essential, so long as relaxation is obtained. The problem which every American faces in Moscow--and not only in Moscow--is how to react to this change.