Evening star., 1960-10-15
U.N Switches
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From 0ratory
10 Arms Issue

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UNITED NATIONS, N Y,
oct. is (AP).-Grogey from
three weeks Of oratory by Niktta
Khrushchev and % other chiefs
of state and government. the
United Nations General Assem-
bly, cleared its decks today for
work on a crowded agenda
headed by rival East West dis
armament plans.
The world body must deal
with 8S questions. including
four separate items on disarnl-
ament, the top issue OF the
session.
Rivaling the arms proposal
Premier Khrushchey put before
the Assembly, the United States,
Britain and Italy put in a reso-
luton last night calling for
resumption Of East-Wes dis
armament negotiations.
Key Differences
Like Mr.. Khrushchev's pro-
poSal, the Western draft calls
for agreement on general and
complete disarmament under
international inspection and
control.
The competing plans slated
to go before the U. MS top
Political Committee next week
have three key differences.
l. The Soviet resolution calls
for quick conclusion of a treaty
for general and complete dis
armament. The Western pro-
posal would have agreement
first on arms measures capable
Of early augmentation"
Q. Mr.. Khrushchev makes dis
armament negotiations condi-
tional on a revamping of the
U, N. secretariat, with a three
member board Of Communist,
Western and neutral nations
replacing Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold. The West
ern plan calls for no such
change.
8. The Western plan calls
for more specific control re-
quirements. 1t specifies that
controls should guarantee that
armaments are reduced as
agreed and remain reduced.
The Soviet proposal calls only
for control, from beginning to
end" Of the progressive stages
of disarmament.
Call for Controls
Both plans called for an in
ternational control organization
under the U. NJ, but the Rus
slams want to include all the
SO nations in the world body
on a super-panel.
Britain also submitted a sepa-
rate resolution under which the
Assembly would recommend
that technical experts be named
now to work out systems for
checking on various measures
Of disarmament and report
back to the Disarmament Com
mission within six months. 3
The Political Committee will
also take up the three other
disar rm a m n t items on the
docket. They deal with sus-
pension Of nuclear tests, pre-
vention Of a wider dissemina-
ton Of nuclear weapons and
the report Of the Disarmament
Commission.
The Assembly has 10 sepa-
rate African items on its record
agenda. With Is African ma
tions now in the U. NJ, each
question is expected to get a
thorough airing.
Algeria Heads List
Heading up the African list
are the explosive question of
Algeria's six-year struggle for
independence, the United States
flve-point program for African
development and RusSia'S de-
mand for an end to all colo
nialiSm.
With the 16 new African
nations just seated in the
world organization, the thorny
question of racial policies of
South Africa is expected to
generate more heat than usual.
Two cold war items-the
situation in Hungary since the
Russians smashed the 1856 re-
volt and charges of Red Chi
nese oppression in Tibet-go
directly to the Assembly floor
where they are sure to touch
of bitter East-West ,wrangles.
J. Another issue certain to
spark fireworks is the Soviet
charge that the United States
committed aggression by send
ing spy planes over Soviet soil,
Mr.. Khrushchev and his aides
tried to get this directly before
the Assembly, but they were
defeated and it will be aired
first in the Political Commit
tee.
The Assembly'S next session