Evening star., 1955-07-24

account In the turther conSld-
Ieration of this problem and
which would serve to reach nee
Iessary agreement between us.
The Soviet Government states
that in the course of the further
consideration of the disarma-
Iment problem it will exert all its
efforts to find such a solution as
would meet the aspirations OF
the nations.
We held an exchange Of views
on the German question. in the
course Of which the difference
IN approach became evident. The
delegations of the United States
Great Britain and France pro-
Iceeded. when speaking on the
reunif1cation of Germany, from
the prerequisite that the West
ern German state under the
Paris agreements-and, later, a
unified Germany-should be q
part of the North Atlantic
grouping and of the Western
European military union.
Cites Paris Agreements
The Soviet Government which
consistently stood for the re-
establishment of national unity
of Germany. had pointed out
even before the ratification of
the Paris agreements that their
coming into force would create
difficulties for the negotiations
on the German question and
would make the discussion on
German unification pointless.
The Soviet Government pro-
ceeds from the assumption that
one must reckon with the facts
when solving the German ques-
tion.
The war in Europe terminated
10 years ago. In the course of
the last decade there came into
being two Germanies-the Ger
man Democratic Republic and
the German Federal Republic
each with an economic and So
cial system of its own. Besides,
under the Paris agreements the
German Federal Republic en-
tered the road of remilitariza- -
tion and is included in the mill
tary groupings of the Western
powers. AS to the German Demo-
cratic Republic, in view of the
conclusion of the Paris agree
ments 1t decided to become a
member of the Warsaw treaty
organization.
It is clear that under such
conditions one cannot raise a
question Of a mecanical merger
of the two parts of Germany
the German Democratic Re-
public and the German Federal
Republic-since that would have
been an unrealistic presentation
of the question.
The Soviet Union is. as in the
past, an ardent champion for the
unification Of Germany as a
peaceful democratic state. We
firmly believe that it is not pos
sible to discuss the German
question without representatives
of the German Democratic Re-
public and of the German Fed
eral Republic.
UnificatiOn Outlined
The joint efforts of the four
powers, as we'll as the efforts of
the German nation aimed at the
relaxation of tension in Europe,
at establishing a confidence be-
tween the states. are the only
way, in the situation existing in
Europe, to unity Germany. The
establishment of the system of
collective security in Europe,
with both parts of Germany par
ticipating in it on equal basis
pending tn eunification of Ger
many, would serve this purpose
in the best way. Since that would
lead to strengthening peace in
Europe and would make the res
toration of German militarism
more difficult, the obstacles which
have now emerged on the road
to the unification of Germany
would have been eliminated in
the course Of time.
On the other hand, the rap
prochement between the two
parts Of Germany-the German
Democratic Republic and the
German Federal Republics OF
utmost Importance for the uni
fication Of that country from the
point of view Of its internal con-
ditions.
The Soviet delegation feels j,
was unfortunate that our con-
ference did not pay due attention
to the problems of Asia and of
the Far East through such ques-
tions as the restoration of the
legitimate rights of the Peoples
Republic of China in the u. N.
the settlement of the situation
in the Taiwan (Formosa) area
on the basis of the recognition
of indisputable rights of the Chi
nese people. The implementatior
of the Geneva agreements on
Indo-China and other question.
cannot suffer any procrastina-
1tion. But we cannot escape these
problems, we shall have to solve
them in the interests of peace
and security in Asia and in the
Far East, in the interests of in.
ternational peace.
To Feel No Anxiety"
The Geneva conference opened
the way for further joint con-
Isideration Of the urgent inter.
national problems and for theil
solution. We took such an i'm.
Iportant decision as the decisicr
about the necessity to develop
contacts between East and West
about developing and strength
ening economic and cultural tie
between our states. Thereby W,
formed a basis for the expansion