WOULD DISARM BUT ONLY WITH SAFEGUARDS

Chronicle (Levin), 1 November 1946, Page 5

WOULD DISARM BUT ONLY WITH SAFEGUARDS

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Reeeived Thursday, 7.0 p.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Ex-Senator Warren Austin, leader of the United States delegalion to United Nations Assembly, deplored Mr. Molotov's speech bnt said United States endorsed the Russian proposal for immediato aetion on disarmament if safeguards were- provided. Mr. Austin peminded the Assembly, however, that ai'ter the first world war ' ' We made the mistake of disarming unilaterally. We shall not repeat that mistake. United States is prepared to eooperate fully 7 -"with all olher -members oi! [Jnited Nations in disarmament but it •advoeates effective sai'eguards for inspeetiou and other means against the hazards of violation and evasion."

Mr. Molotov's speech indicaled "distrust and misunderstanding" of the Ameriean and other United Nations' motives., Mr. Austin said he did not believe in recriminations and hoped the struggle for peaee henceforth eould be eonducted without them. United States believed Mr. Molotov's disarmament proposal, ineluding the demand for ending atornic boinb manul'aeture, should be fully diseussed l)y the Assembly. United States interpreted Mr. Molotov's demand for a report on troops in non-enemy countries, plus the statement that Russia was willing to eooperate, as meaning that Russia was now prepared to report on the strength of its armed forees in Germany, former enemy Balkan States and Poland, or any other place. Therefore United States urged the prompt fullilment of this poliey. United States had nothing to hide regarding armed forees at home or abroad. The proposed inquirv should inelude all mobilised armed forees whether at home or abi-oad. (The Associated Press notes that this major statement or ]>oliey was approved bel'orehand .by .Mr. Byrnes aud presumably by President Truman.) United States objeeted to any immediate eradieation of the veto in the Seeurity Uouncil but ho])ed that some time in the future the Big Five would agree unanimously to remove the veto from the peaeeful settleiuent of disputes. Meanwhile the veto did not relieve permanent membefs of any responsibilities and obligations thev assumed under the Charter, and tlie Seeurity Uouncil 's voting system should be interpreted to earry out the Charter 's spirit as well as the letter. He adcled: "This is United States poliey." Alr. Austin said the Soviet's initiative in urging aii armament reduetion was appropriate because of its mighty armies. Similarly United States initiative was appropriate in proposing measures for the prevention and the manufac: ture and use of atomie weapons. Mr. Austin said the whole world knows whare United States stands and always stood. Uor twenty years before the war and fifteen montlis sinee, United States had eonsistentlv been in the forefront. striving to reduce the armament burden upon the peoples of the world. Sinee Ihe end of the wars in Europe and the Paeifie, United States ,had progressively and rapidly redueed its mi'litary:estahtishment. . ; SitppQit . For Mr. Molotov. T ti a sjiffch stipport'mg At r. Mnlotov, tlie. Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Mr. Btanoje Simich, accused Britain and America of repealod violations of United Nations Charter. ile deelared that certain eireles were attempting to use the atom homb "as a means of intimidating the world." He said both Britain and America were violating the Charter by maintaining troops on territority of friendly nations and by voting against tho admissiou of Albania to Cnited Nations. He accused the United States of holding Y ugosia v vesse.ls

illegally on Ihe upper Danube. and of refusing to turn over to Yugoslavia thousands of quislings now in displactsn persons' eamps. .Mr. Sitnieh strongly opposed the. United States' plau i»i atomie energy eontroL and claimed that the whole responsibility for handling this questiun should rest willi ihe Seeurity Couneil. Jle agreed with Al r. Molotov that the lirst step iii atom control should be the outlawing of the produefioxi of atomie weapons. Mr. Simieh said Mr. Molotov's proposal foi the limitalion of annanients corres poruled with the true desires, hopes and aspirations of ihe peoples of the world, who would regard it as the lirsl ray of hope that mankind oue duy would be l'ree of ihe eonstant fear oi armed eonflicls and of the prosem nighlmare of war psyeliosis and iiitiinidalion.