DISARMAMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01441R000100030031-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2005
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: March 15, 1960
• Content Type: CABLE

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GENEVA, MARCH 15-(REUTERS)-FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE
STATEMENT MADE BY VALERIAN ZORIN, HEAD OF THE U.S.S.R. DELEGATION, AT
THE OPENING MEETING OF THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE HERE TODAY.
(EDS: OFFICIAL TRANSLATION FROM THE RUSSIAN):
ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, GENTLEMEN;
PLEASE PERMIT ME ON BEHALF OF THE SOVIET DELEGATION FIRST OF ALL TO
EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND TO THE AUTHORITIES
OF THE CANTON AND THE CITY OF GENEVA WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
HOLD MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE IN GENEVA.
THE SOVIET DELEGATION EXTENDS SINCERE GREETINGS TO THE REPRESEN-
TATIVES OF ALL COUNTRIES GATHERED AT THIS CONFERENCE OF THE TEN NATION
COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT.
WE NOTE WITH SATISFACTION ALSO THE PRESENCE AT THE OPENING
MEETING OF OUR COMMITTEE OF MR. PADILLIA NERVO, THE,CHAIRMAN OF
THE U.N. DISARMAMENT COMMISSION, WHOSE STATEMENT SHOWS THAT A GREAT
IMPORTANCE IS ATTACHED TO OUR WORK BY THAT COMMISSION.
" OUR COMMITTEE IS FACED WITH A TASK OF TREMENDOUS'HISTORICAL
IMPORTANCE--TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL
AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONTROL. THIS TASK
FOLLOWS FROM THE RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE 14TH SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH RECOGNIZED THAT THE QUESTION OF
GENERAL-AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT "IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE FACING
THE WORLD TODAY". AND WHICH CALLED UPON THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL
COUNTRIES TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT FOR THE EARLIEST ACHIEVEMENT OF A
"CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM."
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FIRST ADD GENEVA DISARMAMENT--ZORIN TEXT X X X PROBLEM."
ONLY SUCH A RADICAL SOLUTION OF THE DISARMAMENT PROBLEM CAN
DELIVER NATIONS FROM THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR-ROCKET WAR WITH ITS
UNPRECEDENTED GRIM CONSEQUENCES FOR MANKIND, CREATE FIRM GUARANTEES
FOR THE SECURITY OF ALL STATES, BIG AND SMALL. UNDER THE CONDITIONS
OF GENERAL DISARMEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF PEACEFUL. RELATIONS BETWEEN
STATES WILL BE INSURED FULLY AND FOR ALL TIME AND ANY POSSIBILITY
OF SOME STATES RESORTING TO FORCE AGAINST OTHER STATES WILL BE RULED
OUT.
GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT CORRESPONDS TO THE INTERESTS OF
ALL STATES, IT PLACES ALL STATES INTO EQUAL POSITION. IT WILL MAKE
IT POSSIBLE TO OVERCOME ALSO THOSE DIFFICULTIES IN SOLVING THE QUESTION
OF CONTROL WHICH INVARIABLY APPEARED WHEN ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO
PARTIALLY SOLVE THE DISARMAMENT PROBLEM. GENERAL AND COMPLETE
DISARMAMENT WILL . PROVIDE..A POSSIBILITY TO SWITCH HUGE MATERIAL AND
HUMAN RESOURCES FROM PRODUCING WEAPONS OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO
SATISFYING PEACEFUL REQUIREMENTS OF PEOPLE- IT WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE
TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ON SUCH ,A SCALE THAT
WILL INSURE ANEARLY.LIQUIDATION OF THEIR AGE-OLD ECONOMIC
BACKWARDNESS?
THESE CONSIDERATIONS HAVE BEEN PUT INTHE BASIS OF THE PROPOSAL
ON GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT, NOW KNOWN TO THE ENTIRE WORLD,
BY THREE STAGES WITHIN FOUR YEARS WHICH WAS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER
18, 1959,,ON BEHALF OF THE SOVIET UNION BY . THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
U.S.S.R. COUNCIL OF MINISTERS N.S. KHRUSHCHEV AT THE .14TH SESSION OF
THE U.N.GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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SECOND ADD GENEVA DISARMAMENT--ZORIN TEXT X X X ASSEMBLY.
THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT AND THE ENTIRE SOVIET PEOPLE ARE FIRMLY
CONVINCED OF THE NECESSITY AND.FEASIBILITY OF THIS PROGRAM OF GENERAL
AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT.. THE IDEA OF GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT
IS FINDING AN EVER GROWING SUPPORT IN THE."WHOLE WORLD. AS IT HAS
BEEN RECENTLY STATED IN THE DECLARATION OF MEMBER-STATES OF THE WARSAW
TREATY, THE PROPOSAL ON DISARMAMENT PUT FORTH BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
EXPRESSES THE COMMON STAND OF THESE STATES OF ALL SOCIALIST
COUNTRIES.
THE GOVERNMENTS OF INDIA, INDONESIA, BURMA 'AND AFGHANISTAN CAME
OUT WITH A-?HIGH APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT OF THE SOVIET PROPOSALS ON
GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT. THIS IS TESTIFIED TO BY JOINT
STATEMENTS OF THESE COUNTRIES-AND OF THE SOVIET UNION MADE PUBLIC IN
CONNECTION WITH THE RECENT VISIT OF THE HEAD OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
TO THESE COUNTRIES. GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT IS SUPPORTED BY
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION OF ALL CONTINENTS OF THE
GLOBE OF ALL STATES.
T(E SOVIET GOVERNMENT IS DOING ITS UTMOST ON ITS PART SO THAT
THE PROGRAM OF GENERAL AND-COMPLETE. DISARMAMENT BE PUT INTO PRACTICE
WITHIN THE BRIEFEST PERIOD. REDUCING ITS ARMY BY 1,200,000`MAN
UNILATERALLY, WITHOUT WAITING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON GENERAL
AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT, THE SOVIET UNION IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT IN
ORDERS TO FACILITATE AND TO BRING CLOSER THE ATTAINMENT OF-SUCH AN
AGREEMENT.
.WE ARE CERTAINLY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT DIFFICULTIES ALSO MAY
ARISE ON THE WAY OF THE SOLUTION OF.THE DISARMAMENT PROBLEM. THERE
STILL EXIST-FORCES IN THE WORLD WHICH OFFER STUBBORN RESISTANCE, TO
THE GENUINE DISARMAMENT. WITHOUT VENTURING TO OPENLY COME OUT NOW
AGAINST GENERAL AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT, THEY ARE TRYING TO SIDESTEP
THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF_ THIS PROBLEM. INSTEAD OF AGREEING ON
CONCRETE MEASURES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL AND COMPLETE
DISARMAMENT WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED TIME LIMIT-THEY FOR INSTANCE ARE
PUTTING FORWARD THE TASK OF A PRLONGED STUDY OF VARIOUS TECHNICAL
PROBLEMS AND FORMS OF CONTROL OVER ARMAMENTS, AS WELL AS OF -MEASURES
OF THE SO CALLED INSURING OF THE SECURITY OF STATES. LEAVING THE
PRACTICAL SOLUTION OF THE QUESTION OF GENERAL DISARMAMENT FOR AN
INDEFINITELY _FAR OFF FUTURE.
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DISARMAMENT--ZORIN TEXT X X"X FUTURE.
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ON THE TERRITORY OF, SPAIN AND OF A NUMBER OF OTHER STATES, AND A
PERSISTENT DESIRE. TO EVADE COMPLETE. CESSATION OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS
TESTS DESPITE THE GENERAL DEMAND BY THE PEOPLES OF ALL COUNTRIES TO
STOP SUCH TESTS FOR ALL'TIME3
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N BUSINESS-LIKE COOPERATION )F ALL DELEGATIONS IN THE
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AND. COMPLETE DISARMAMENT AND THE APP ;in
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SUBMITTED FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE B~+rY~+ "'-OTHER DF_tEGATIONS.
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STABLE PEACE AND PEACEFUL
COMMITTEE SHOULD'-PROMPTLY PROCEED TO THE PRACTICAL REALIZATION OF THE
DECISION OF GENERAL. ASSEMBLY WHICH APPROVED THE IDEA' "OF" GENERAL AND
COMPLETE "DISARMAMENT AND TRANSMITTED TO THE :SOVIET PROPOSAL. ON THIS
QUESTION TO THE .COMMITTEE FOR A DETAILED CONSIDERATION. IN" THE COURSE
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