Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-16
|Checkup Is Key
To Disarnlinq,
Dulles Asserts
secretary d state pulles Today

welcomed q Soviet announce
Iment that it viii reduce its armed
forces by $4,000 men. But he
warned that an effective inspec-
ton system is necessary to any
intelligent approach to disarna-
lment.
Mr.. Dulles said the United
States will tackle the inspection
problem first when a United Ma
tons disarmament subcommittee
meets in New York August 20.
A reliable system Of inspection.
lMr. Dulles said, is the foundation
Iof any disarmament plan. He
said the first thing to find out
lis whether there can be an In
Ispection system and. II so. the
scope Of it.
The New York negotiations
win start with consideration Of
president Eisenhower's proposals.
made at the summit" meeting
lin Geneva. for exchange Of mil
litary information and mutual
aerial inspection by Russia and
the United States. The United
States also will consider SYM
lpathetically the Soviet proposal
for ground inspection Of trans
portation centers to watch out for
any mobilization that might
threaten another country.
Problem Discussed.
Mr.. Dulles plunged into a dis
cussion of the disarmament
problem today as soon as he
opened his weekly news confer
ence.
He hailed the Soviet an
nouncement, as distributed by
Tass, that Russia has decided to
reduce its armed forces by $40.
1000 men by December Is.
IF carried out. this action viii
be in keeping with the general
atmosphere Of the Geneva con-
ference Mr.. Dulles said in Q
statement which he read to re-
porters. The. reduction appears
Ito reflect Soviet recognition Of
THE peaceful purposes of the
United States. and It's allies. and
of the fact that. as President
Eisenhower said at Geneva. the
United States viii never be a
party to aggression.
Mr.. Dulles said that so far as
he knew the announced cut in
Soviet armed forces would be
the first significant reduction"
lin eight years. but he cautioned
that even after this reduction the
Soviet standing forces will GER
Itainly still be much larger than
those Of the United States"
Mr.. Dulles also said the Soviet
maintains very large organized
reserves and the capacity TO
utilize modern weapon" mean
ing atomic weapons. q
Full Information vital
These factors indicate why
full information regarding armed
forces and effective inspection
70 verify the facts are necessary
flor any meaningful and intelli-
gent approach to the problem Of
international control and re-
auction Of armament,s Mr..
Dulles continued.
THE United States has long
sought to build this foundation.
President Eisenhower's proposal
lat Geneva for exchange Of in
formation and for aerial inspec-
tion is the latest United States
Initiative In this field.
The United States hopes that
the United Nations subcommit-
tee on disarmament can make
progress toward establishing a
reliable international system Of
inspection as 1t resumes its ac-.
Itivities in New York two weeks
from now"
! Mr.. Dulles pointed out that
during the last two years the
limited States reduced its armed
forces from 3.5 million to %
million. This statement seemed
Ito account for the lack OF any
American move to reduce its
ARMED forces in response to the
Soviet announcement.
THE military significance Of
1.-THE Soviet reduction is not easy
to judge" Mr.. Dulles said. mo
Official information has ever