UN General Assembly
1955

138. The Soviet Union attaches considerable importance to the setting up of controls to ensure the implementation of disarmament measures, and its proposals provide that the control organ should have extensive rights and powers The Soviet proposal for the establishment, on a basis of reciprocity, on the territories of the States concerned, of control posts at railway junctions, on main motor highways, in aerodromes and at large ports, creates the requisite conditions for effective control and would be of particular value in preventing a surprise attack by one State upon another. It is common knowledge that modern warfare necessitates the concentration and deployment of large land, air and naval forces. The proposal for the establishment of control posts under the authority of the international control organ offers the necessary means for detecting any such concentration and for preventing any surprise attack. The establishment of control posts on railways, main motor highways, aerodromes and seaports, with a view to the supervision of any transfer or regrouping of armed forces, would do much to strengthen confidence between States and would thereby help to bring about a relaxation of international tension.