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absence from Peking of the chief Soviet negotiator. Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov. has not disrupted the deadlocked Sino-Sovietnegotiations. Soviet Foreign Ministry officials privately informed foreign diplomats last week that since Kuznetsov returned to Moscow onune the talks have been continuing on abasis under the supervision of his deputy, General Gankovsky. Kuznetsovis recovering from the illness that forced his departure, but one Soviet diplomat hinted last week that the envoy would not be returning to the talks.
Soviet officials, meanwhile, have informed the US that the widely rumored exchange of ambassadors between Moscow and Peking will take placether diplomats in Moscow report that the Chinese,hree-monthhave finally approved Moscow's choice,toormer high-ranking propaganda official. Vladimir Stepakov. Western diplomats in Peking also add that China has in factby nominating Liuoreign Ministry official who had been in trouble during the Cultural Revolution, as ambassador to
Soviet nor Chinese officials have commented on recent Western press reports from Moscow which claim that Deputy Foreignllichev has been designated as Kuznetsov's replacement in the Peking talks, llichev. who was Khrushchev's chief propagandist and who was closely associated with the anti-Chinese polemics of the, has been in partial disfavor since Khrushchev's ouster. Although the Chinese would probablyomewhat jaundiced view of llichw's nomination, his appointment would satisfy their desire to have the talks continue at the deputy foreign minuter level. At the same time, it would serve Soviet interests by allowing Moscow to assign Kuznetsov to productive work elsewhere.
Given Peking's stony silence on the issue and the Soviets' penchant in the past for making overlyabout an ambassadorial exchange, it is difficult to assess the validity of the latest rumors Late last year, Peking reportedly agrted "in principle" toambassadors, but since then it hasrefused to grant agrement to Moscow's nominee. The Chinese have feared that Moscow has been irritated over the lack of progress at the border discussions and would exploit thein order to downgrade the negotiations lo the ambassadorial level and to bring Kuznetsov home. If the 'cports, that Moscow now intends to replace Kuznetsovimilarly high-ranking envoy, turn out to be true, however. China's suspicions over an ambassadorial exdianqc might be substantially reducod.
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