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Briefing Paper for the President's Press Conference
September
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1960
DISAMTALEN?
QUES TION
lir. President, Chairman Khrushchev is coming to the United
Nations General Assembly and presumably he intends to place con-=
siderable emphasis on the subject of disarmament. Do we have
any indication of what Chairman Khrushchev may propose in this
area, and do we intend to make any new disarmament proposals
ourselves?
You'll have to ask Mr. Khruscnev wha: he intends to say about
disarmament and whether he will introduce any new disarmament pro-=
posals.
As far as the United States is concerned, on June 27, at the
Geneva Ten Wation Disarmament Conference, we tabled, following the
Soviet bloc!s walkout, a practical disarmament program. To date,
it has not received from the Communists detailed or serious
consideration. We hope that at the forthcoming United Wations
General Assembly the assembly will lend its support to a resumptio
of general disarmament negotiations which in turn would enable
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thorough consideration to be siven to this program.
QUES “TON
lir. President, there nave been reports which indicate that a new
organization to handle disarmament matters is now being established.
Would you care to comment on this?
ATTISVIER
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As you know, we have continually reviewed the matter of strength=
ening our activities in the disarmament field. However, I believe
it would be premature to indicate today any particular conclusion we
have arrived at as a result of this review process, Any such conclusion will be announced in due course,
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