Evening star., 1960-09-24


support the provisions Of thii
declaration.
Disarmament Proposals
Last September on the in.
structions of the Soviet govern.
ment I submitted to the XIV
session of the U. N. Genera
Assembly the proposals Of tht
Soviet Union on general anC
complete disarmament. Tht
enormous destructive power o.
modern weapons, the unprece'
dented scope Of the arms race
the accumulation by states o.
huge stockpiles of the weapons
of mass determination all create
a threat to the future of man.
kind and makes it imperative
to seek an approach, new II
principle, to the disarmament
problem. Our proposals are tht
practical expressions of such ar
approach.
Our country Is compelled tt
maintain armed forces only
for the reason that our pro-
posals on complete and genera
disarmament have not yet beer
accepted. We shall do every
thing we can so that genera
and complete disarmament be-
comes reality and mankind il
saved from the arms race anC
the threat Of a new destructive
war.
Throughout the work Of thu
donation disarmament COM
mittee the Western powers re.
fused to proceed to the working
out Of an agreement on genera
and complete disarmament
seeking by every possible means
to evade a discussion of the
substance of the Soviet pro-
gram of general and complete
disarmament transferred by the
General Assembly to the COM
mittee for detailed considera-
ton. On their part they put
forward proposals which pro-
vided neither for general nor
complete disarmament, nor for
disarmament at all, but only
for measures Of control over
a m a m e ts-that is control
without disarmament.
Acting contrary to the U. N.
General Assembly resolution,
the Western powers in the To-
nation committee indulged in
nothing but meaningless talk
about disarmament, trying to
hinder any possible progress in
this matter and to discredit the
idea of general and complete
disarmament in the eyes Of
world public opinion.
The Soviet government, as
well as the governments of a
number of other states, found
itself forced to interrupt its
participation in the work of the
donation committee. It was
not easy for the Soviet govern
ment to take this decision be-
cause it was our country that
sponsored the question Of gen.
eral and complete disarmament
and exerted every effort to
come to a constructive solution.
Bringing the disarmament
question to the plenary meet
ings of the General Assembly,
we proceed from the fact that
consideration of this question
in all its scope should lead, at
last, to its solution or, at least,
give a more concrete direction
to the disarmament negotia-
tionS, in which there should
now participate alongside with
states belonging to the opposing
military groups the states ad-
herring to a neutral course.
Seeking to facilitate the work
Of the General Assembly and
to make the discussion of the
disarmament problem more
specific the Soviet government
submits for consideration by
the General Assembly its pro-
posal "basic provisions of the
treaty on general and complete
disarmament"
We now provide, in particu-
lar. for the elimination Of all
means of delivery of nuclear
weapons to their target as early
as in the first stage Of general
and complete disarmament, in
clude a detailed elaboration of
measures for effective interna-
tional control in all the stages,
take into account the wishes
of some Western powers that
the reduction of the strength
of the armed forces and con-
ventional armaments should be
provided for from the outset.
Quite a number Of other
changes and notifications were
brought into our program. All
these changes, in our opinion,
makes the program of general
and complete disarmament
more concrete and even more
realistic and practicable.
Striving for Peace
The peoples of the Soviet
Union and the Soviet govern
ment are unfailingly striving
for the principles of peaceful
coexistence to be firmly estab-
liShed in relations between
states, for these principles to
become the cardinal law of life
everywhere in preSent-day So
ciety. Underlying these princi-
Piles is not some "gimmick''
invented by the Communists
but simple things dictated by
life itself, namely that relations
between all states should de-
Ivelop in a peaceful way, with
out resort to force, without
wars, without interference in
the internal affairs of one an
other.
I will not disclose a secret by
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