Evening star., 1961-09-25
KENNEDY
. U.S.. Has Weapons, Will to Defend
Berlin Riqhts, President Declares
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extent to which our presence is
desired by the people of West
Berlin" he said, I'VE are ready
to have that question submitted
to a free vote in all Berlin and,
If possible, among all the Ger
man people"
Challenges Russia
At another point he chal-
leaged the Soviet Union to "a
peace race, to advance with us
step by step, stage by stage,
until general and complete dis
armament has actually been
achieved"
He proposed that negotia-
tions be resumed and continued
without interruption until a
program of general disarma-
ment has been agreed on.
He contraSted the United
States willingness to take the
first step toward disarmament
An effectively inspected ban
on nuclear weapons testS-with
the Soviet resumption of tests
and the explosion of weapons
in the atmosphere which re-
news the threat of radioactive
fallout.
Our doctors and scientists
stand ready to help any na-
ton measure and meet the haz-
ards to health which result
from the tests of Others" the
President announced.
Six-POint Program
He listed this six-point pro-
gram for nuclear disarmament:
/. Signing of a test-ban
treaty for all nations now.
2. Stopping production of
fashionable materials and pre-
venting their transfer to ma
tionS lacking nuclear weapons.
3. Prohibiting the transfer of
control over nuclear weapons
to non-nuclear powers.
4. Preventing the use of nu-
clear weapons in outer space.
S. Gradually destroying stock
piles of nuclear weapons and
converting their fashionable
materials to peaceful uses.
6. Hating the unlimited
testing and production of stra-
tegic nuclear delivery vehicles, +
and gradually destroying them +
as we'll"
Urges U. N. Control 2
Final responsibility for ver- G
ification and control of the
step-by step disarmament pro- i
gram should be placed where c
it belongs, the President stipu- g
lated, mot with the big pow c
erS alone, not with ones l
adversary or oneself-but in +
an international organization
within the framework of the g
United Nations itself"
This would assure that in 1
dispensable condition of dis v
armament-true inspection" =
Mr.. Kennedy said. {
The President said the United |
States recommends that all =
member nations earmark spe- l
cial peace-keeping units in e
their armed forces-to be on !
call to the United Nations, to
be specially trained and quickly -
available and with advance pro- l,
vision for financial and logis- :,
tic support" L L
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Decade of Development W
Mr.. Kennedy promised the II
American delegations at the u
United Nations would suggest
"a series of steps" to improve % %
U. N. machinery for settling W W
disputes. The steps, he indi- 0s
Gated, would include on-the- -,
spot fact-finding, mediation ~, ~
and adjudication for extending 'e
the rule of international law in @
the world. D D
Mr.. Kennedy suggested that h,
the General Assembly officially W
dedicate the 1960s as "the U. N. B
decade of development" to o,
dramatic the need for aiding tt
underdeveloped countries. W
United Nations efforts for pro- U
economic growth can
be expanded and co-ordinated," NJ
the President said. tt
He identified the United tt
States with the general view in -
the assembly that colonialiSm
is still a key issue, but he noted
that less than 2 per cent of II II
the worlds population now n n
lives in dependent" territory. II II
At the same time he used =, =,
the colonialism issue as a H.
bridge for an attack on Com ;,
munist relationships. N "
Hits Communist System d;
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fact that the tide of self q,
determination has not yet -, ~
reached the Communist empire re m
where a population far larger tr
than that officially termed ce
lives under govern di
nents installed by foreign
troops instead of free institu- v
a system which 10
knows only one party and one 70
oelief-Which suppresseS free v,
debate, free elections, free ot
newspapers, books and trade
lnions-and which builds a r,
wall to keep truth a stranger M
and it's own citizens prisoners. III
Let us debate colonialism in N
apply the principle ha
If free choice and the practice
If free plebiscite in every part %
If the globe" of
Previously the United States in
has avoided a plebiscite in ac
North and South Wet Nam be- st
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