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armament they will never
achieve peace" he warned.
II call for the use of methods
of peace and negotiations to
solve our problems. We must
heed this call.
National prestige is an inn
portant thing, but war will add
no prestige to anybody.
I'VE call for the discontinue
alton of nuclear tests. What
ever the military conSidera-
tons for these tests, they in
crease the danger of man
kind" a.
Mr.. Nehru spoke for only 16
minutes before yielding the
platform to Mr.. Khrushchev.
Soviet Tests Revealed
Mr.. KhruShchev then made
the first public reference in
the Soviet Union to the four
recent nuclear weapon tests
which the United States has
reported were made in Central
Asia. The tests preached the
EaSt-WeSt moratorium on such
experiments.
| Military preparations in the
West have been stepped up"
he said. Taking this into ac-
count we could not ignore the
interests of the security of our
country and the Socialist
camp.
THE Soviet Union had to
defer rehabilitation and to
increase military expenditure.
Because Of direct threats we
had to face the necessity to
carry out nuclear tests. /"
On resuming atom tests.
Mr.. Khrushchev said President
Kennedy "acted without wait
ing for reply from the Soviet
Union"-presumably meaning a
reply to the joint British
American appeal to the Soviet
Union to stop nuclear tests in
the atmosphere by tomorrow.
Mr.. Khrushchev did not spell
this out, however.
President Kennedy has an
nounced that the United States
is resuming tests in the labora-
tory and underground without
the consequences of dangerous
fallout that accompany tests
in the atmosphere.
Called One Sided
Plainly indicating that Mos
COW will say no to the proposal
to stop atmospheric tests, Mr..
Khrushchev said:
The Western proposal to
stop tests in the atmosphere is
merely a propaganda move de-
signed to deceive public opin-
ion."
He also said it was unreal
istic to ask Soviet Russia to
stop these while France is free
to do so.
The meaning of the Western
proposal on tests in the air sis
to obtain one-sided advan-
tages." he said.
Besides, France would not
have been bound by any re-
strictions Of nuclear tests
which she carries out in the
interests of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization"
We warned that the Soviet
Union has enough strength
to give a destructive blow to
any aggreSsor."
Mr.. Khrushchev said that the
most vital item to be taken up
was the conclusion of a Ger
man peace treaty.
He warned President Ken
nedy not to use the negotia-
tions to delay signing a treaty
and again said:
IF the Western powers do
not sign. the treaty will be-
signed between the German
Democratic Republic and such
other states as wish to do So"
Mr.. Khrushchev said that
"if the Western powers are
ready for businesslike talks" on
the German problem. "the So
Wet government welcomes talks
which would result in the con-
clusion of a peace treaty"
1T is impossible" he as
serted, Ito postpone the Ger
man settlement any longer.
THE peoples will not forgive
us for any more postpone
mentS."
Mr.. Khrushchev said 1.-THE
climate Of the international sit
uation chiefly depends on the
relations between the Soviet
Union and the United States.
Therefore we must remove the
stones and distractions which
have fallen in the path since
the end of the second world war.
That is what we are striving
for"
Must Mean Business
President Kennedy has ex-
pressed readiness for business
like talks. If he is really ready
for businesslike talks then the
Soviet Union is ready Also" he
added.
Mr.. Khrushchev said 1.-The
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