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for the Big Three to continue
talks.
Canada Seeks Action
Foreign Secretary Howard C.
Green of Canada made two pro-
posals for action. He called for
a full 17-nation meeting later
in the day to consider the I1u-
clear test ban problem in
formally. That suggestion was
accepted by the conference.
Mr.. Green also proposed that
Russia, Britain and the United
States invite some or all Of the
eight smaller, middle-group
nations to join them in renewed
efforts to resolve the test ban
issue. This idea was docketed
for further discussion.
The American Secretary told
the 17-nation disarmament
conference the United States
and Britain could not be ex-
pected to accept a treaty based
SOLELY ON pure faith" He
added:
I'VE do not ask the Soviet
Union to trust the word of
other nations, and other nations
cannot be asked to trust the
Soviet Unions word on matters
Of such far-reaching signifi-
cance."
Mr.. Rusk said there sis no ra-
tional basis" for the Soviet be-
lief that a control system might
be perverted into a spy system.
Reds Bar Inspection
If the Russians are deter
mined to set off a test series Of
their own, Mr.. Rusk said, the
easiest way for them to remain
unhampered is to offer a draft
treaty which contains no pro-
visions whatsoever for effective
control and which the United
States and the United Kingdom
could accept only at grave risk
to their national security and
to that of the free world"
, Several hours after Mr.. Gro
myko spoke, Soviet Deputy
Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin
gave an account of what he
had said.
Mr.. Grom yko contended
there was no internationally
agreed moratorium when Rus
STA started testing again last
September. He said President
Eisenhower had declared Dec.
20, 1859, that the United States
considered itself free to carry
out tests at any time. Even
then, Mr.. Gromyko charged,
the United States was prepar-
ing for tests.
(The American decision of
Dec. 20, 1859, was to retain a
ban on nuclear weapons tests.
with a shift tosa more flexible
indefinite basis. Accusing the
Russians of clouding negotia-
tions then under way in Gen
eva, President Eisenhower left
himself free to order a resump-
ton of tests whenever national
security might demand it,
Wants to "Catch Up"
Soviet tests, Mr.. Gromyko
continued, were undertaken in
response to United States and
British tests and were designed
to catch up on projections
made by the west" Even while
negotiations on a test ban
treaty were going on among
the Big Three, Mr.. Cromyko
added, France, one of the
members of NATO, was con-
Quoting tests of nuclear weap-
ons."
AS to inspection methods, Mr..
Gromyko said that an interna-
tional inspection system was
not necessary because with
present detection methods each
of the great powers would know
if one of the others had ex-
ploded a nuclear device. That
means, he said, that the West
wants an inspection system in
side Russia only for purposes of
espionage.
Mr.. Zorin quoted Mr.. Gro
myko as saying that "the con-
tinuation of nuclear tests,
which the United States is OBJ
viously striving for, has the
purpose Of gaining a military
advantage in this competition.
.. fraught with terrible con-
sequences for the world"
Russia, Mr.. Gromyko said, is
prepared to sign Immediately a
tests ban treaty with national,
but not international, systems
of guarantees.
Mr.. Zorin was questioned by
newsmen about Mr.. Rusk's
charge that the Soviet Union
may be planning another nu-
clear test series of it's own and
wanted to block a test ban
treaty for that reason.
"Such statements are COM
pletely false, and their purpose
is to misinform the public" he
declared. Moreover they are
aimed at justifying the United
States nuclear tests which it is
inended to carry out. We are
not interested in carrying out
nuclear testing"
The United States, meanwhile,
stood firmly opposed to So
Wet proposal for East German
control of West Berlin's supply
lines under international su-
pervision. .
United States sources here
dismissed the Russian plan as a
minor variation in the Soviet
campaign to get the Western
powers out of Berlin and to win
Western recognition for the
Communist East German re-
gime.