Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-08

Stcp D. MILITARY 1OTCe levels NOULC
be set for the commission members :.
rs million men for the Unteo
States and the Soviet Union, $780,
600 each for Britain and France,
and presumably 10000 for Canada.
Mr.. Stassen probably intended that
actual cuts to these force levels
could be made at this stage, al
though this is not specifically stat
ed. The commission main work
would then start: Fitting each
members military equipment and
defense budgets to the revised force
levels. This, of course, would be
tension packed period in which
the widely varied technologies of
the five military establishments
would have to be studied in detail.
Step 4. Executive agents, ie., dis
interested countries, would be APP
pointed by the commission to SUI
perviSe separate functions in the
disarmament control and inspection
process.
Step S. A comprehensive inSpec-
ton and control plan would be
drawn up by the commission, to
apply to its own membership only.
The plan would include aerial re-
connaissance as President Eisen-
hover suggested ana ground in
spection at all airfields, highway
functions, ports and other areas
OF armament concentra ton as pro-
posed by Soviet Premier Nikolai A.
Bulganin. The modest aim, of
course, would be to safeguard the
world against surprise attack, not
actually to disarm the nuclear Big
Five.
Step s. A draft treaty for world
wide disarmament would be written
by commissioner appointed special
committee. There would be provi-
sion in the treaty to stop disarma-
ment at the first sign of foul play.
Step !. Parliaments of the five
participating nations would ratify
the treaty.
Step 8. Control and inspection
authorities. presumably already
operating in the small test areas.
would be installed throughout the
territories of the five commission
powers. One of the principal con-
Germs here would be to set up fool
proof communications with the out
side world.
Step 8. Three processes would be
initiated by the disarmament Big
Five: Exchange of military blue
prints. setting defense budget CELL
ing at the December 81. 1855. level.
and starting formal inspection and
control procedures. No arms cuts
would be initiated, however.
Step 10. Machinery would be set
up to exchange advance informa-
ton on all signatory states troop
movements.
Step ii. The United Nations
Disarmament Commission would De
asked to bring other military powers
into the purview of the five-power
treaty. The most important of
these, presumably, would be Com
munist China. which would be per-
mitted to maintain a force of 2.5
million men. Other military powers
would be limited to 100000 men.
How this would affect the United
States attitude toward recognizing
Red China is still to be seen.)
Step IL. The rest of the worlds
military powers would be invited
to accede to the disarmament
treaty.
Step IL. Inspection, control and
communications systems would be
set up in all participating nations.
Step IA. The Preparatory Arma-
mentS equation Commission
would be dissolved and replaced by
an Armaments Regulation Organi-
cation. The new AFRO would have
sort Of little Security Council.
with five permanent members (the
old commission and an undeter-
mined number of nonpermanent
members, as its executive council:
sort of little assembly with repre-
Sentatives of all the disarmament
Signatories, and a director general
Step Is. AFRO would require three
reports OF its members: On stock
piles of nuclear weapons and other
fashionable materials; on production
rates for fashionable materials. and
on plans for nuclear weapons tests.
Step is. Control and inspection
teams in each country-heretofore
guarding against surprise attack
only-would be expanded D to
keep records of production of fis-
sionable material; (2) to inspect
nuclear weapons tests, and C3j to
inspect reductions in -nuclear
ornaments.
Step IL. Scrapping Of nom
nuclear ornaments would begin at
a slow rate.
Step 10. Reduction of existing
nuclear stockpiles would start, also
at a slow pace. fashionable mate
rails from the dismantled bombs
would be turned over to power
plants and other peaceful uses.
These complicated steps, profuse-
ly BOBBY trapped as they are. would
complete only the beginning phase
of the world disarmament plan.
Instead Of being staggered by
the American proposal, Soviet
Delegate Andrei Gromyko bounced
back next day with eight questions,
which the United States found I'm
telligent" and indicative of sincere
good faith on the Soviet Unions
part.
1t was not clear this week end
how long the discussion of the
proposal would go on.
IL was clear. however that the