Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-24
Text Of BuIeonin Letter
On Disarmament Plans

President eisenhower ny premier
Nikolai Bulganin Of Soviet Russia:
September 10. 1855.
ss Dear Mr.. President:
feel I must sincerely and
frankly exchange opinions with
you on Q subject which at the
present time has acquired partic-
ular Importance. ] have In mind
the question which Is being dis
cussed now by our representa-
tives in the subcommittee Of the
q. N. Disarmament Commission.
E In the course Of our memor-
able meetings In Geneva we
agreed to work jointly for elab-
grafton Of an acceptable system
OF disarmament. When We app
proved directives to our ministers
Of foreign affairs on this score,
] thought q great deal had been
accomplished. Now the repre-
sentatives of our countries,
guided by these directives and
Baking into account In their work
the opinions and proposals put
forth by the heads Of the four
governments In Geneva, can and
must achieve definite progress.
a I and my colleagues thought
that even at the very beginning
of their work our representatives
would be able to reach general
agreement on those basic ques-
tions on which our viewpoints
either conceded or had already
appreciably approached each
other. ] have In mind first of
all the question of the levels
Of armed forces Of the i've great
powers, the question Of dates for
introducing into force the pro-
hibition Of atomic weapons, and
the question Of international
control.
Delay Blamed on q. 8.
In this manner there would
be created q solid foundation
for further work during which,
It would be possible to make
more precise all the details Of
the necessary agreements con-
corning the working out Of an
acceptable system OF disarma-
ment.
N However. the first weeks Of
the work Of. the subcommittee so
far have not yet produced those
results for which you and Il
were fully entitled to hope. and
] must frankly say that the de-
lay is occasioned to o consid-
cradle degree by the fact that
the members Of the subcommit-
tee so far do not know the posi-
ton Of the representative Of the
United States with regard to
those provisions which we had
all the grounds to consider as
agreed.
AZ IL known, the representa-
tive OF the United States COM
pletely put aside the questions
of reduction Of the armed forces,
OF the armament and prohibitionl
of atomic weapons. having ex-l
pressed the desire to discuss first
Of all and mainly your proposal
concerning the exchange of mil
itary information between the
USER and the USA aswell as OF
the mutual exchange Of aerial
photography Of the territories Of
both countries. In this manner
the impression is left that the |
entire problem of disarmament
Is being confined by him to these
proposals.
Move From "Dead Center"
I think to put the question in
this manner would not satisfy
the aspiration Of peoples. even
though I fully recognize the i'm
portance OF the proposals intro
duced by you in Geneva.
=. However. since and my COLI
leagues have received the above
mentioned impression. ! con-
slider 1t my duty once more to
share with you, esteemed Mr..
President. certain primary con-
siderations.
We feel that the main prob
lem for US is to use further eff
forts to look for ways which
would permit Us to move the
problem of disarmament away
from dead center. which problem
has vital Importance for the peo-
piles of the USSR and the USA
as well as for peoples Of the en-
tire world.
In connection with this allow
me to touch upon the proposals
put forward by you at Geneva.
We regard these proposals as
testimony Of your sincere desire
to find o way to settle the Inn
portant problem OF the interna-
tional control and inspection
and to contribute personally to
general efforts for the normali-
zation of international relations.
Upon our return from Geneva
we with all carefu1ness have
studied your proposal of July
81 which was introduced on Au-
gust 81 by Mr.. Stassen into the
disarmament subcommittee. I'M
the course Of this study several
questions have arisen about
which / would like to express to
you my thoughts.
rs No Objection In Principle
First OF all. about the mutual
exchange by the United States
of America and the Soviet Union
of information concerning their
armed forces and ornaments.
In principle, we have no OBJ
jections to this proposal. think
that at definite stage the ex-
change Of such information be-
tween states is necessary. tt
would be better. however, If such
information concerning arma-
ments were submitted by all
states, and not only by the
us and the USSR to the inter-