Evening star., 1948-11-04
Russia Rejects
West Plan for
Atomic Control
Vishinsky Declares
Trumun Wants No
World Regulation
BULLETIN
PARIS R.-The United Ma
tions Assembly today rejected
Russia's proposal for atoms
control. The vote was 40 to 6.
BY the Associoted Press

BY the Associated Press
PARIS, Nov. 4.-Russia reject
ed today the Western plan for
control of atomic energy, calling
it fantastic and unreal.
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, leading the
Soviet bloc's bitter closing fight.
told the United Nations General
Assembly the atomic bomb can be
with atomic bombs and
weapons of other kinds.
He asserted the United States
does not want international atomic
control and demanded that the
delegates adopt the Soviet plan.
Canada Raps Soviet Plan.
Hector Mcneil of Britain pleaded
with Mr.. Vishinsky not to reject
the Western plan merely because it
has novel ideas on state sover-
eighty. But Mr.. Vishinsky repeated
the Russian arguments that the
majority proposal would invade the
sovereign rights Of states.
Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton Of
Canada attacked the Russian pro.
posal as "oversimplified.
Mr.. Vishinsky brought President
Truman into the atomic debate
again. He quoted the American
President as saying recently in Mil
waukee that the United States must
continue to develop atomic weapons
until the correct" form of inter-
national control is in effect.
Gesturing with his arms as he
spoke, Mr.. Vishinsky told the As
sembly that this apparently meant
the Americans would continue de-
veloping atom bombs until the
Western control plan is adopted.
Vicious Circle Charged.
Such an attitude expressed by
Mr.. Truman means Mr.. Vishinsky
said, that you are in vicious circle
of contradiction.
The Russian demanded that the
delegates approve the Soviet plan
for atomic control. He shouted
that there is no basis for agree
ment now between the Western and
Russian plans.
He charged that the United
States does not want atomic con-
troll and that the Baruch plan Is q
cunning maneuver" designed to
wreck any control.
The Western plan, approved by q
majority of the Assembly's Polit-
ical Committee, is based on pro-
posals made June II. 1916, by Ber-
nard M. Baruch, then the American
delegate on the U. N. Atomic Energy
Commission.
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, chief
Indian delegate and Ambassador to,
Moscow. told the delegates after
Mr.. Vishinsky spoke that India
could not agree to international
control of atomic materials while
oil and similar materials remained
in private hands.
Mr.. Vishinsky fought against q
majority provision that the Atomic
Commission resume its work where
it was suspended last spring when
the East-West impasse showed no
signs OF breaking.
Mrs. Pandit asked that the As
sembly amend the majority proposal
with instructions to the Atomic
Commission to keep on working for
an agreement.
France Backs Majority.
Paul Ramadier, French Minister
of Defense, told the Assembly his
delegation would vote for the ma
jority plan. ~.
United States Delegate Warren R.
Austin opened the atomic battle
yesterday with a demand that the
delegates approve the majority re-
port of the Political Committee,
which backed the Western view on
atomic energy.
The Assembly is debating two
major proposals.
The Political Committee reported
the Western majority plan to the
Assembly. This plan calls for the
five great powers - the United
States, Britain, France, Russia and
China - plus Canada to consult
among themselves in an effort to
find solution to the atomic prob
lem.
It also calls for the six-nation
Atomic Energy Commission to con-
tinue its talks on world atomic con-
troll from the point at which they
were suspended last spring.