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incompatible with European &C.
curity. II also undermines con-
fidence in the sanctity Of our
international agreements.
I therefore urge that we now
proceed vigorously TO bring
about the reunification Of Ger
many by free elections. as we
agreed. and as the situation
urgently demands.
Greater Security
I assure you that this act Of
simple justice and Of good faith
need not lead to any increased
jeopardy Of your nation. The
consequences would be just the
opposite and would surely lead
TO greater security. In connec-
ton with the reunification Of
Germany. The United States
| Is prepared. along with others,
to negotiate specific arrange
ments regarding force levels
and deployments. and broad
treaty undertakings. not mere
~ against aggression but as
surfing positive reaction should
aggression occur In Europe.
The second situation to which
I refer Is that Of the countries
of Eastern Europe. The heads
of our two governments. to-
gether with the prime minister
of the United Kingdom. agreed
In i945 that the peoples Of
these countries should have the
right to choose the form Of
government under which they
would live. and that our three
countries had q responsibility
in this respect. The three Of
US agreed to foster the condi-
tons under which these peo-
Piles could exercise their right
of free choice.
That agreement has not as
yet been fulfilled.
! know that your government
Is reluctant to discuss these
matters or to treat them as q
matter Of international concern.
But the heads Of governments
did agree at Yalta In l945 that
these matters WERE Of inter-
national concern and we spe-
officially agreed that there could
appropriately be international
consultation with reference TO
them.
Discussion at Geneva
This was another matter
taken up at our meeting In
Geneva IN 1855. You then took
the position that there were no
grounds for discussing this
question at our conference and
that II would involve Interior
ence in the internal affairs Of
| the Eastern European states.
I But have not subsequent de-
velopments shown that ! was
justified In my appeal TO you
I for consideration Of these mat
tiers? Surely the Hungarian de-
velopments and the virtually
unanimous action OF the United
Nations General Assembly in
relation thereto show that con-
ditions In Eastern Europe are
regarded throughout the world
| as much more than q matter
Of purely domestic scope.
] propose that we should now
discuss this matter. There Is
an intrinsic need Of this In the
interest Of peace and justice.
which seems to me compelling.
Use Of Outer Space
CD I now make. Mr.. Chair
man. q proposal 70 solve what
l consider to be the most i'm
portant problem which faces
the world today. -
! ca I propose that we agree
that outer space should be used
only for peaceful purposes. We
face q decisive moment In his
tory in relation to this matter.
Both the Soviet Union and the
/ United Statse are now using
outer space for the testing Of
missiles designed for military
purposes. The time to stop Is
now.
| recall TO you that q decade
ago. when the United States
had a monopoly Of atomic
weapons and OF atomic expe-
rience. we offered TO renotince
the making Of atomic weapons
and TO make the use Of atomic
energy an international asset
for peaceful purposes only. II
only that offer had been ac-
cepted by the Soviet Union.
there would not now be the
danger from nuclear weapons
which you describe.
The nations Of the world
face today another choice per-
haps even more momentous
than that Of 1913. That re-
lates to the use Of outer space.