Evening star., 1954-10-01
Soviet Atomic Plan
Cautiously Backed
|By " Wesiern Powers
BY Inc Assseiatsd Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y, Oct.
1.-Andrei Visl1insky called last
night for q tep-hy-step program
Of arms reduction with nuclear
weapons to be eliminated at the
halfway mark. The Western Big
Three cautiously termed the
Soviet proposal q move In the
right direction.
Winding up a policy speech Of
an hour and 20 minutes to the
United Nations General Assem-
bly,. the chief Soviet delegate
submitted q long resolution con-
tanning the most detailed and
complex disarmament program
his government has offered In
the U. MS nine-year history.
Mr.. Vishinsky brushed over
President EiSenhower's proposal
of an atomic pool for peaceful
purposes. He said the United
States so far has failed to come
up with any concrete ideas on
atomic weapon control.
q. s. willing to Negotiate.
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., chief
American delegate, said at a
news conference today the
United States is willing to nego-
tiate anywhere - lin Times
Square If necessary''with the
Soviet Union on creation Of an
atomic pool for peaceful pur-
poses. But he said he does not
believe the Russians want to
join the pool.
Mr.. Lodge said the door Is
open for the Russians to come
in at any time. He said also
they could attend an interna-
tional scientific conference to be
held next spring on this subject
II they desired.
Asks Drafting Of Treaty.
Mr.. vishinsky asked the As
sembly to have the U. N. Dis
armament Commission prepare
q treaty for the Security Council
providing for this program Of
arms reduction and elimination
of nuclear weapons:
!. Agreement by the nations
on total cuts they would make
in their arms, troops and mill
tary appropriations and the ac-
complishment Of SO per cent OF
these reductions within six to
II months;
2. Creation Of a temporary in
ternational control commission
under the Security Council to
find out whether the nations are
complying with the treaty;
8. The remaining SO per cent
reduction in conventional arms
to be made within six to IL
months after completion of the
first disarmament phase;
4. Manufacture of hydrogen
and atomic weapons to cease as
soon as the second period for
arms reduction begins;
S. During this second period,
the nations also would carry out
complete prohibition Of atomic,
hydrogen and other types of
weapons Of mass destruction 4.
and their complete elimination
from the ornaments Of states"
Thereafter "all existing atomic
materials are used for peaceful
purposes only"
s. Creation Of q permanent
International control organ to
check on continued observance
OF the treaty.
Cites British French Plan.
In contrast to his dismissal of
the United States atoms-for-
peace plan, Mr.. Vishinsky wound
up by calling on the Disarma-
ment Commission to make
recommendations on the British
French proposal last June that
U. N. members agree not to use
nuclear weapons except in
defense.
At the disarmament meetings
in London last spring, Russia
had rejected the British French
proposal as a device to "legalize
the use Of atomic and hydrogen
weapons under the pretext Of
using them in defense"
The Russian proposal brought
quick. but guarded, reaction
from delegates of the United
States. Britain and France. All
said they would give it careful
study.