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GENEVA
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J would accept the "samplin
technique Of inspection"
Disarmament experts use thi
term to cover a check by in
spectors visiting at random
some areas Of a nuclear powe
but not checking the who'll
country.
A British spokesman said tn
concept of control posts in
nuclear country had not beef
dropped, however.
Indian Delegate v. K. Krish
ma Menon then put forth ,
compromise plan Of his own
based on Russia's concept o
national inspection systems t,
police a test ban.
No International Teams
He suggested that nationa
inspection systems, such al
those Of Russia and the West.
ern powers, be supplemented
by a system to be set UP II
neutral countries. But Western
officials considered the weak.
ness Of his plan was that il
would not send internationa
teams inside q country tx
verify the findings of outsid,
detection stations.
Swedish Foreign Minister
Osten linden, also probing fol
some means to put a halt tt
the testing phase Of the nu.
clear arms race, suggested thai
the Western powers and Rus.
STA seek to negotiate a pro.
visional treaty which would
lead into a permanent treaty
later.
Both Sweden and India callet
for a new unpoliced moratorium
on nuclear weapon tests pend
ing arrangements for an in
spection system to enforce {
ban.
The pressure obviously con.
tinued to build up on the
United States to avoid resum.
ing atmospheric nuclear weap.
ons tests next month, ever
though there may be no agree.
ment with Russia in the mean.
time as demanded by President
Kennedy.
Mr.. Krishna Menon re-
peated what Prime Minister
Nehru told Parliament yester-
day-that India begged the
great powers not to test while
the Geneva conference is
under way.
Spying Denied .
Apparently with an eye or
this block the.tests campaign
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
issued q statement saying the
critical problem on q test ban
treaty Is how to get "the nee
essary amount Of objective
international scientific infor-
nation and inspection"
He denied that international
inspection would involve spying
IN Russia and declared: What
1t would do would remove sus-
'picion and provide confidence
that agreements not to test
are being adequately main
tained." rs. +.
In offering to cut enforce
ment machinery to q minimum,
Lord Home said Britain is
prepared to let Russia keep
the military knowledge and
advantage gained from its
tests last fall If tests can be
ended forever under an "ade-
quate minimum" system of
verification.
Lord Homes overture to the
Russians came as Western dip
lomats at the conference saw
evidence that Soviet Premier
KhruShchev wants to keep
East-West talks going on Ber-
lin as well as on a nuclear test
ban treaty and on general dis
armament.
GromykO Sees Rusk
Mr.. Gromyko took the lead
yesterday in starting q new ex-
change with Mr.. Rusk. It was
understood the Russian ad-
vanced some ideas for dealing
with the Berlin situation. These
were to be explored further by
Mr.. Gromyko and Mr.. Rusk at a
dinner meeting tonight.
Earlier yesterday Soviet Dep
uty Foreign Minister Valerian
Zorin announced Russia was
ready to join with the United
States and Britain in negotia-
tons here on a nuclear test ban
treaty.
Lord Home welcomed Mr.
Zorin's proposal for the three
big powers to discuss the test
ban as a subcommittee of the
l7-nation conference. But he
pointed out that this procedu-
raj gain had not brought any
break in the deadlock over
Russia's refusal to admit for
eign inspectors to assure COM
pliance with a test ban.
Lord Home rejected Mr.
Gromyko's charge that the
Western powers want foreign
inspectors in Russia to act as
Western spies.
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