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means. the use of diplomatic
channels.
With respect to Soviet state
ments as to a desirable COM
position Of the agenda, the
position of the United States
Government concerning certain
specific items is as follows:
/. The United States believes
that any new meeting Of heads
of government should not ig-
more the preceding meeting but
should preferably begin where
that meeting left of. Meetings
of heads of government will
quickly lose the special signifi-
canoe and authority which is
now ascribed to them If a Sec
ond meeting consigns to obliv-
ion the understandings and
agreements Of the first meet
ing.
2. The Geneva summit"
meeting Of 1855 dealt with three
main topics: % European Sc
curity and Germany: (2) dis
armament and CD development
Of contacts between East and
West.
AS regards the third item,
persistent efforts over the past
two-and-one-half years have
led to an agreement reached
through diplomatic negotiations
in Washington. This agreement
was concluded on January q.
1858. While that agreement is
by no means all that we would
desire, it does mark what we
hope will be concrete progress
on the third item of the 1855
agenda.
With respect to the other two
matters-European security and
Germany and disarmament
no progress has been made.
3. At the Geneva conference
of 1855 it was agreed that there
was a "close link between the
identification of Germany and
the problems of European Sc
curity." The heads of the four
governments recognized their
common responsibility for the
settlement of the Georman
question and the Identification
of Germany" Furthermore.
the four heads of government
"agreed that the settlement of
the German question and the
reuniflcation of Germany by
means of free elections shall
be carried out in conformity
with the national interests of
the German people and the
interests Of European security"
Yet the Soviet memorandum
Of February % is emphatic that
the reunification Of Germany
cannot be the subject Of con-
sideration at q forthcoming
conference at the summit"
4. At the Geneva meeting
Of heads of government, it was
agreed that we would work to-
gether to develop an accept
able system for disarmament
through the subcommittee Of
the United Nations Disarma-
ment Commission"
Yet the Soviet Union now
declines to work through the
subcommittee of the United
Nations Disarmament Commits
sion, or. indeed. the Disarma-
ment Commission itself.
S. With respect to the
agenda in general. the Soviet
Government seems to claim a
veto power without according
reciprocity in that respect. The
Government of the United
States suggests that there must
be reasonable "give-and-take"
In the selection of items for dis
cuSSion. In any event. the
United States would not find
1t possible to enter a conference
In which special privilege ard
authority were accorded in ad-
vance to any other state.
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The Soviet memorandum in
dicates that the summit"
meeting should mark a sharp
break" in the direction of i'm
proving the whole interna-
tional situation, of creation of
conditions for the peaceful COL
liberation of all states" This
greatly-to-be desired result
cannot. however. in the opinion
Of the United States, be
achieved if there are excluded
from consideration the prin-
cipal causes of international
tension.
A basic cause, perhaps the
basic cause, of tension is the
support by the Soviet state Of
the worldwide ambitions of
international communism.
Other major causes of tension,
which are perhaps manifesto
tons of the above mentioned
basic cause. are the enforced
partition of Germany and ex-
ternal interference in countries
of Eastern Europe which result
in a denial to the peoples Of
their right freely to choose their
own governments. The United
States does not, as the Soviet
government suggests, seek in
reference in the internal
affairs Of other nations, but
rather the elimination Of such
interference.
The United States also be-
lieves that there must be eff
fective measures of disarma-
ment. including steps to curb
the production of nuclear
weapons and the means Of their
delivery. Chairman Bulganin,
in his communication to the