Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
U. 5. Proposes
Arms Plan Trial
Reds Urged to Join
In Inspection Test

4O4NA(ANs 80 " N'SSEN
ing to replace years of talk about
disarmament with concrete &C
ton, the United States wants
10000 to $4,000 square miles of
Russian and American territory
opened to international arms in
spection teams.
| The United States proposal
for a preliminary test of dis
armament controls was made
last night at a meeting of the
flve-power United Nations Sub
C o m nit tee on Disarmament,
which resumed sessions here
this week.
/ The plan is in line with United
States efforts to build mutual
confidence in disarmament be-
tween the two top military pow
erS. 1t is aimed at paving the
way to a comprehensive program
of controlled arms reduction.
Britain and France earlier this
week submitted an arms control
plan linked to a general disarm-
ament pact.
Subcommittee delegates re-
ferred the American plan to
their governments. 1t may not
be taken up again here for a
week.
Presented by Stassen
The United States pilot plan
for testing disarmament con-
trolls was presented by Harold
Stassen, special assistant on dis
armament to President Eisen-
hover.
1t calls for the United States
and the Soviet Union each to
open up 10000 to 10000 square
miles of their territory to in
spection teams representing the
five U. N. subcommittee mem
bers--Britain, France, Canada,
Russia and the United States.
The inspection teams would
carry out various forms Of
ground checks, make aerial pho
tographs, make tests of port con-
troll and then report back to the
subcommittee with their find
ingS.
Mr.. StaSsen suggested the
demonstration areas should in
clude nonsecret military install
lations. facilities and units; at
least one port, an airfeld and
a railroad terminal.
GrOmykO Is Silent
RusSia'S subcommittee repre-
sentative, Deputy Foreign Min
lister Andrei "A. Gromyko, had no
immediate comment on the
United States proposal. Britain,
France and Canada were re-
ported to have expressed agree
ment in informal talks outside
the subcommittee sessions.
Mr.. Stassen also proposed an
exchange of technical missions
by 1 he five subcommittee ma
tons. These would visit each
country to study disarmament
control and inspection methods.
Mr.. Stassen said their objective
would be to devise an effective
system of checking disarmament
processes and that they would
not have to probe into secret or
sensitive information.
/ The three-Stage arms control
plan presented earlier by Britain
and France was described by
Western diplomats as pegged on
the conclusion of a U. N.-spon-
Sored general disarmament pact.
Three Stages Planned
The pact would call for mem
Der nations to renOunce use of
Inuclear weapons except for de-
Tense and would set up an ex-
Iecutive committee and an inter-
national control organ. The
plan three stages enyiSage ID
"a freeze on arms, armies and
military spending of member
states at levels to be negotiated;
90 limitation of nuclear tests,
and go a ban on actual produc-
ton of nuclear weapons.
+ Measures to prevent viola tons
would be esta blished through the
international control organs ex-
ecutive.
Mr.. Gromyko asked several
questions concerning the British
French plan but he did not &C
cept or reject it.
Several reservations concern
ing the proposal have been out
lined by Mr.. StaSsen in informal
talks with French and British
officials.