Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-30
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II Stands Firm
On Atom Tests
Will Continue Until
Reds Agree to Halt
Producing Weapons

NeoS agree 10 HoIr
Producing Weapons
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Sept. 80 (P.-The United States
declared today it will continue
nuclear test explosions until the
Soviet Union agrees to stop pro-
ducing atomic and hydrogen
weapons.
In q speech before the
United Nations 12-nation Dis
armament Commission, United
States Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge challenged the Kremlin
to accept such a ban on stock
piling weapons II it really wants
to end the nuclear tests.
Soviet Delegate Arkady A.
Sobolev insisted on an imme-
diate and unconditional end Of
the tests. He said the United
States was frustrating the hopes
Of millions Of people by linking
this question to other disarm-
ament problems.
If the Soviet Union is not
prepared to agree. Mr.. Lodge
said, then l say with all the
solemnity that ! can that we
are faced with a present major
danger far graver than the
problematic minor danger that
comes from the testing Of nu-
clear weapons in order to make
the new power available for
defense without dangerous fall
out"
Asks Ban on StOckpiling
Mr.. Lodge added:
Such unwillingness could
confront US and other nations
Of the free world with a power
full nation whose conduct would
only be explained by its
determination to impose mill
tary domination on the world. "
Mr.. Lodge told the commits
sion that. II Russia would agree
in principle to the United
States terms. then the United
States would be ready to end
the tests for q two-year period.
He said the ban would 20 into
effect without delay, even while
inspection machinery was be-
ing discussed.
Mr.. Lodge urged the commits
sion to indorse the Western
proposal for q ban on the pro-
duetion and stockpiling Of nu-
clear weapons.
Soviet acceptance Of this
principle would take us a great
distance toward achievement
OF an agreement on disarma-
ment. ne declared.
Backed by France
French Delegate Guillaume
Georges-Picot supported Mr.
Lodge and urged the commits
sion. as well as the General
Assembly. to support the STEP
by-step disarmament proposals
submitted by the Westsr1
powers at the recent London
talks.
The commission. after the
debate, was expected to relay
the subcommittee report to the
e2-nation General Assembly
for discussion in the Assem-
bly's main political committee
to begin perhaps late next
week.
The Soviet Union, India and
Japan have submitted resolu-
tons to have the Assembly call
on the atomic powers-Britain,
the Soviet Union and the
United States = to suspend
nuclear tests subject only to
inspection. The Soviet pro-
posal would start the suSpen-
sion next January /, the others
on conclusion Of an inspection
agreement.
West Working on Plan
The four Western members
Of the subcommittee Britain,
Canada, France and the United
States - were known to be
working on a resolution Of their
own asking the Assembly to
indorse the proposals for par
tial measures OF disarmament
they put before the subcommit-
tee August 20.
Their proposals also would
quire an inspection agreement
before tests stopped. But the
Western proposals would not
start the suspension until the
entry into force" of a broad
disarmament convention cover
ing step-by-step cuts in armed
forces. a cutoff Of production
OF nuclear materials for weap-
ons and tight international
control.
Diplomatic sources said the
United States was sure the AS
sembly would turn down the
Soviet, Indian and japanese
resolutions.