\ -101- \ Under the present United Nations Charter such a_police force could operate and undertake atomic attacks only against lesser powers and only with the consent of the United States and the Soviet Union. If such action did take place, the Soviet Union would have gained little or nothing by the fact that the bombs had been transferred from American to international possession, She would be no worse off if the stockpiles remained where they are today and were dropped from American planes operating in the service of the UNO. (ere. PAWO¥ Er 2 sy =, t ‘The situation would be quite different in the cake,of Soviet-american war, ouy the only contingency concerning atomic warfare which as far as one can see today need seriously concern the Russians and ourselves. Neither under the present Charter of the UNO nor for that matter under any charter conceivable today would the International Police Force be entitled to take action against either the United States or the Soviet Union. The main question therefore, is what would happen to the atomic bombs held by the units of the police force in case of such awar, According to Mr, Stassents scheme they would be the only atomic weapons in existence at the time. The answer is clear. Whatever legal provisions or prohibitions had been enacted prior to such 4 war, both countries, acting under military necessity, would be forced to seek control of the bombs as soon as war between them appeared imminent. Failure to do so would expose a country to the disastrous consequences of an atomic monopoly in the hands of its opponents, It follovs that as far as both the Soviet Union and this country are concerned every~ thing would depend on the geographical location of the "five different suitable bases" among which, according to Mr. Stassen the International Police Force would distribute its stockpiles of bombs, If they were safely within our reach, the American monopoly for all practical purposes would have remained untouched. MIf, instead, they were so distributed that we and the Russians would have a chance of gaining control of equal shares, the situation would be one of dual possession similar to that which would have existed if we had given half of our stockpiles to the Soviet Union in the first place, ‘ ne