Evening star., 1960-03-22

armament timetable boilS do
for a nuclear ban without a
What the Soviets call a g
ment came up for further prot
Of the donation disarmament
conference.
Jules Moch of France told the
conference a simple promise to
give up the possession of nu-
clear weapons would be without
meaning because 1t could not
be controlled.
Mr.. Moch spoke in an at
tempt to head of an emotion
ally charged ban-the-bomb
campaign taking shape among
the Communist delegations.
PiOus Wishes Seen
There are six aspects to the
problem of nuclear disarma-
ment, the French expert said,
and only four of these could be
enforced by an International
control system. The other two.
taken in isolation, represent
only pious wishes, he said.
Mr.. Moch listed these as the
four comfortable elements:
l. The suspension of nuclear
weapons tests.
2. A ban on the further pro-
duction of fashionable materials
for military purposes.
8. A ban on the manufacture
of weapons Incorporating fis-
sionable materials.
4. The reconverSion of exist
ing stocks of fashionable ma
terials to peaceful uses.
Uncomfortable Elements
The uncomfortable elements,
Mr.. Moch said, are:
/. A prohibition on the use Of
nuclear weapons.
2. A ban on the possession Of
nuclear weapons.
Mr.. Moch presented his tab
ulation to illustrate the basic
Western contention that a COM
plex international control and
inspection system must be in
operation throughout the world
before the menace of nuclear
war can be lifted.
The Western powers - the
United States, Britain, France.
Italy and Canada-believe that
If the four controllable elements
listed by Mr.. Moch can be
handled, the problem raised by
the two uncomfortable factors
will automatically disappear.
Presentation Vague
The Soviet four-year plan for
total disarmament gives priority
to "the destruction of all types
of nuclear weapons and mis-
siles." Delegates of the five
Soviet bloc powers have re-
peatedly asked for a ban on
the possession and use Of nu-
clear weapons.
Soviet Delegate Valerian
zorin said today his govern
ment would accept interna-
tional control to police nuclear
disarmament, but Western
delegates considered his pre-
sentation to be vague.
Romania's Deputy Foreign
Minister Eduard Mezincescu
said any nuclear disarmament
should begin with a simple ban
on the possession and use of
atomic and hydrogen weapons.
Mr.. Mezincescu said the dis
armament proposals of the five
western powers would not lead
to any reduction of nuclear
armaments until rs per cent
OF the Western program had
been realized.
Czechoslovakia's Deputy For
eign Minister Jiri Nosek re-
peated the old Communist
charge that the West wants
international control of dis
armament measures to set I'D
a spy system in the Soviet bloc
nations.
Source Of Espionage
He said the Western plan
was weakened by its extensive
control provisions, which would
become "a source of espionage
for aggressors.
Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Cam
ada replied that any nation
which undertakes an agreed
disarmament measure must
simultaneously offer other ma
tions the means to verify that
the undertaking is being car
ried out. This is necessary be-
cause international obligations
all too often have not been
carried out, Gen. Burns added.
United States Delegate Fred
erick M. Eaton said an inter-
national control and inspection
system to verify conversion to
peaceful uses is an essential
early part OF the Western pro-
gram for nuclear disarmament
Several Soviet bloc delegates
again demanded the liquida-
ton Of foreign bases as part
OF any disarmament treaty
Mr.. Zorin said foreign bases
are often maintained against
the will of the local govern
nent and people.
Western speakers repeated
he view that foreign bases
would automatically disappear
I an effective control system
led to the disbandment of the
reater part of national armed
orces.
Mr.. Eaton stated: My gov
rnment has only deployed its
orces for the purpose of de-
lending nllrselveS and niir al