Evening star., 1955-11-12

Try to Reoch
Some Kind
OF Accord

GENEVA, Nov. IL tP.-Secre-
tary Of State John Foster Dulles
and Soviet Foreign Minister v.
NJ. Molotov dropped their bitter
debate over arms reduction and
controls today and began trying
to patch UP some kind of agree-
Iment on a final Big -Four dis
armament declaration.
The newly conciliatory tone in
Itoday's Big -Four session was in
stark contrast to the acid argu-
lInent Of two previous sessions.
tn the course of which Mr.. Dulles
and Mr.. Molotoy accused each
other, either directly or by inn
Iplication. of practicing bad faith
in negotiations and of trying to
deceive the world about their
disarmament policies.
Today Mr.. Dulles suggested
work be started on "a common
statement" rejecting the debate,
which he said had been useful
and informative" He remarked
that he would not be so optimis-
tic as to say that either side
had affected the thinking Of the
other but he thought there was
ia better understanding of differ
ing points Of view.
Mr.. Dulles said he felt con-
Ifident that "even though we do
not reach a large measure Of
formalized agreement. certainly
the exchange of viewpoints
which has occurred here will be
instructive and will help repre-
sentatiyes in the United Nations
subcommittee" (on disarma-
Iment.)
Need Is Recognized i
Mr.. Molotoy began his COM
Iments on the achievements Of
the badly split disarmament de-
bate with what appeared to be
Ia needing reference to his ef-
forts to get Western agreement
Ito some kind Of generalized re.
lniaciation Of atomic arms. III
his words he had hoped to get III
lagreement here to end the arms
race"
Otherwise Mr.. Molotov said he
thought the four could state
that they recognize the need to
continue to seek agreement on
Ia comprehensive program for
disarmament which could pro-
mote international peace and se-
Icurity.
Mr.. Dulles said the differences
between the approaches Of Rus
Isia and the Western powers
boiled down to:
/. The three Western powers
have put very great emphasis
on the development of methods
of inspection and control." " These
are essential starting points for
any disarmament plan accepts
able to the West. In this con-
inection, Dulles said. the Soviets
seem to fear some Interior Pur-
poses" on the part of the West
Iern powers. He apparently had
i'm mind the fact that Mr.. Molo-
tov had almost directly accused
the Western powers of favoring
aerial inspection so they could
obtain precise information with
which to make a surprise atomic
attack on the Soviet Union.
Q. The Soviet government
seems more disposed to proceed
with agreements on reduction OF
ornaments and the prohibition
of certain types of weapons, ir-
respective of whether or not ade-
quate controls and safeguards
can be established"
Moral Opinion" Mentioned
Possible lines of action for the
Big -Four, Mr. Molotov said, would
be to favor adoption BY the
United Nations of moral deci-
sions" to prevent atomic war and
also approval Of Soviet proposals
that the big powers themselves
declare they would not be the
first to use atomic weapons.
Mr.. Dulles told Mr.. Molotov he
thought 1t was very important
that when we talk of mobilizing
the moral opinion of the world
against a drtain type Of war we
should not do SO in terms which
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