Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-19
U. N.
Offer Isn't New,
Herter Declares

sCI0reS
trasted the horrors and devas-
tation another war would bring
upon the world, AS things stand
now. he said:
"a priceless fund Of human
energy, knowledge, ingenuity
and skill is thrown as into d
bottomless pit, squandered on
growing armaments.a
On all this. the Soviet chief
was sounding q theme which
President Eisenhower has en-
ployed time after time. Az
The speech itself didn't spell
out all the details Of what
Mr.. Khrushchev called q rad
ical program for disarmament.
Many Of these were left to the
memorandum passed out to u.
N. delegates in their seats on
the floor Of the Assembly cham
Der.
Asks Cut IN Forces
In the first stage, the memo
said, the armed forces Of Rus
STA. the United States and
Communist China each should
|be reduced to IL million men
each and those of Britain and
France TO $4,000 each. Thus
Russia and the Chinese COM
|munists would wind up with
military manpower Of 50 mil
lion. the three Western allies
with 100000 less.
Other countries would be cut
to. levels TO be agreed on by
the U. N. General Assembly or
q world disarmament confer,
|ence.
Armaments and war ma
terials would be reduced pro.
portionately to manpower.
In the second stage, armed
forces would be liquidated COM
pletely. So would all military
bases on foreign soil. AL troops
stationed in foreign territory
would be brought home and
disbanded.
Third Stage
In the third stage:
All types Of nuclear and
rocket weapons would be de-
stroyed. Rockets would be used
only for transportation and
peaceful exploration of space.
All air force equipment would
be destroyed.
Bans on making, possessing
and storing the weapons Of
chemical and germ warfare
would come into force and all
such existing weapons would be
destroyed under international
control.
Prohibitions would go into
effect against scientific re-
search for war purposes and
the development Of weapons
and war supplies.
War ministers, general stats
and all military organizations
would be abolished. So would
military academies and train
ing.
Appropriations for military
purposes would be stopped.
An international control body
made up of all countries would
be established to police dis
armament measures, with the
scope of control and inspection
corresponding to, the extent Of
the disarmament by phases.
The control body would have
free access to all objects under
control once general disarma-
ment had been accomplished.
Won't Drop Veto
But then there is that item
of taking violations before the
Security Council and General
Assembly. And Mr.. KhrI"hrhev
in his speech let it be known
Russia will never agree to Civ
ing UP its veto rights.
II there is no veto, he said,
the U. N. will fall apart. He
reasoned that the veto makes
it necessary for the great pow
ers to arrive at unanimous de-
cisions on all major matters in
tended to guarantee peace.
1T is better" Mr.. Khrushchev
said, ito strive for unanimous
decisions by the great powers
than to resolve international
issues by force of arms"
Dutch Foreign Minister
Joseph M. A. H. Luns said the
Soviet premier's plan was
"propaganda-but moderate"
1.-THE sweeping proposals are
impossible" he said. THE al
Tentative proposals are what
the Soviets have always asked
for"
Sir Leslie Munro Of New
Zealand, the assembly's spe-
cial representative on Hungary.
said the speech deserved study
but he did not think Mr..
Khrushchev moved any fur
ther" in the direction of the
controls which West wants.
Chinese Nationalist Dele
gate Tingfu F. Tsiang boy
cotted the address. Later, he
said Mr.. Khrushchev's remarks
on China were "the cold war
at its worst" and showed "am-
bition for the ultimate domino.
ton of the world by interna.
tional communism"