Evening star., 1960-10-12

The question is, where is
the question of disarmament
to be discussed? Is it better
discussed in the plenary meet
ing Of the Assembly or the first
committee? If the dispute Is
an idle one, then this is no dis
pute at all. We want to discuss
the question where this queS-
ton of questions can best be
solved so that the question Of
disarmament will be resolved.
The question arises, and you
may wish to ask me; Why do
you press for consideration of
the matter in a plenary meeting
of the Assembly rather than
agree to deal with it in COM
mittee?
I can explain this to you very
simply. We have been in COM
mittee. We know about this
stable of horses and we know
about the smells in it, and we
did not achieve any results.
Merely Smoke Screen"
You know we among Com
munists say. Look comrades,
let's spit on that institution and
get out of there" Because it
is not an institution for dis
armament, 1t is merely a. smoke
screen to delude public opinion,
to delude the peoples.
I see that NJ. Jules Moch is
sitting here. He is regarded as
a Socialist. He has worn out
his teeth on this matter. What
good is it? What good has it
done? I met the President OF
the French Republic, when a
Joint understanding was.
achieved between us that an
understanding on disarmament
must be achieved and when to
begin implementation we should
start with the destruction of
the means of delivery Of nuclear
weapons, and l still support
this position of the President
Of the French republic. Presi-
dent de Gaulle. After that.
gentlemen, M. Jules Moch
spoke somewhere or other, I
think it was a press conference.
He will remember. He also re-
peated what President de Gaulle
had said and we were delighted
France had agreed with US.
"Singing Different Tune"
When M. Jules Moch turned |
up at the committee he started |
singing a different tune. 1t
was another Jules Moch. 1t
just wasn't the same Jules
Moch who had spoken before. |
1t was another Jules Moch al
together. who has been sitting
for years in the committees,
who has been repeating all
those same things in order to
Illustrate the negotiations on
disarmament. /
The last shreds of our pa
tience and of our hope are at
stake now. Perhaps we think
the plenary meeting Of the
General Assembly will perhaps
help mankind achieve an
b agreement on disarmament and |
at last liberate mankind from !
war.
I repeat, gentlemen, if war
were to break out it will break
out throughout the globe. Many
here don't realize what the
future shape of war is going to
be like. I completely realize
what it's going to be like. No,
we are not afraid of war, mind
you. If war is to be foisted on
us. we shall fight for our coun-
try and we shall gain the
victory, regardless of the Sacri-
fees that may be required, but
the losses will be uncountable
and appalling and you shall be
answerable, gentlemen.
Would POSTPONE Departure
I repeat, therefore, it is our
opinion that the matter should
be dealt with in the General
Assembly in plenary. And they
say we'll Khrushchev wants to
go home after all. Yes, I do
intend on Thursday at mid
night to go back to Moscow,
but if you really want disarm-
ament, gentlemen, I am pre-
pared not only to defer my de-
parture, I shall sit here until
an agreement is achieved on
disarmament.
You know we are Commu-
nists. Our nerves are strong.
We've gone through school
of harsh struggle.
You want to compete with
us in the ornaments race.
Well beat you in. that. Pro-
duction of rockets now is in a
matter of mass delivery, like
sausageS that come out from
the automatic machines. In
our factories rocket after
rocket comes off the assembly
line.
What else shall I add? I
wish to declare to you, gentle
men, don't regard this as an
ultimatum. There are still
opportunities as long as the
peoples of Asia and Africa
which have liberated them
selves from colonial yoke but
have not yet become fully con-
scious of their strength and of
the truth behind them and are
still walking in the wake of .
their hangmen from yesterday
or yesteryear, the colonizer. |
This is still so today but it
won't be SO tomorrow.
If you again drive us into the /