RUSSIA TOLD SHE MUST CO-OPERATE

Chronicle (Levin), 31 March 1948, Page 5

RUSSIA TOLD SHE MUST CO-OPERATE

NEW. YORK, March 29. The East-West eonti-ovorsy over ])htns to prevent ato.ni.ie energy I'rom being \ised I'or wai' eame near to l)reaking-])oint when Russia was told in the Atomic AVorking Committee todav that there was no point in eontinuiiig the 1nlks unles.s she was prepared to eooperate with the majority. The nlthnatum was contained in a statement prepared jointly by Canada, China, Cranee and Brita!n. with tacit Ameriean approval. aiid delivered to Mr. (Iromyko in Ihe committee by Mr. Richard

I MiJes, the British delegate. The statement says the Soviei i pnoposals i'or international contro, of atomic energy are uselcss an(> w ill not eliminate the danger oi an 'atomic war. Having examineo the Soviet proposals exhaustively these loiir countries find thai there is no point in, discussing them further. After reviewing the negotiations i j the last two vears, Mr. Miles eoneludod •'•The United Nations Atomic Energ; ( 'ommission eannot endorse any scheni •j -which woulcl not prevent the diversio. bif atomic material, which provides n>* ieffective ineans for the detection r lclandestine aetivities, and which ha j po provision for prompt. and elVectiv J enforeenient aetion. j "The Soviet (loveninient has not jonly proposed a scheme that is tuuda I men'.ally inadequate for the control o j atomic energy, but at the same time ha | liiade ihe over-riding stipulations tlia ! it will»not agree to ostablish even sueli: 1 :i feehle scheme of control until. a! ! atomic weapons have been prohibile 'and destroved. j "|t is completelv unrealistic to ex ' pof't any nation to renounee aiomi ! weapons without any assurance that ai. i nations will he preveuted from produc 1 i ng them. ' ' Mr. Miles, in the nunie of the foui 1 counl rics, aecordingly asked the coni inittee to r'esolve "that uo .useful pu • : pose can lte served " by further tliseus Uion of ihe Soviet proposals.