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At the UN sub-Committee in London the Soviet Union, on May 10, 1955,
recognized that "there are possibilities beyond the reach of international
control for evading control and for organizing clandestine manufacture of
atomic and hydrogen weapons,'"' The Soviet Union further recognized the
danger of mounting nuclear stockpiles and the necessity of guarding against
surprise attack,
The U332 made a disarmament proposal which included,
without provision of safeguards, as one of the first measures of its execution:
“the reduction of arms and the prohibition of atomic weapons, states
possessing atomic and hydrogen bombs shall pledge themselves to discontinue
tests of these weapons,!!
42,
The first comprehensive report of the Special Assistant on Disarmament
was presented to the President on May 26, 1955,
This report stressed, among
other things, the extreme importance of providing against the surprise
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attack, the absolute necessity of effective inspection in any agreement, thee ty
role of an aerial component and of scientific instruments and photography?
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in such a system,
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43, The President, in June, 1955, considered and approved the conclusions
of an interagency group, following a second review of the matter, to the
effect that a moratorium on H-bombtesting would not be in the interest of
the U. S, and should not be agreed to except as a part of a comprehensive
safeguard disarmament agreement,
44, On June 22, 1955 the US announced a proposal that the United Nations
undertake to pool the world's knowledge about the effects of atomic radiation
on human health, and later requested that this item be placed on the agenda
of the General Assembly; subsequently a resolution to this effect was adopted,
45, On July 18, while the Summit Meeting at Geneva was proceeding the
Soviet Union indicated that it was ready to participate in negotiations for the
establishment of an international atomic energy agency,
46.
President Zisenhower at the Geneva Meeting of heads of government on
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July 21, 1955 gave a comprehensive statement of the broad principles of U.s.
policy and proposed that as a practical step the Soviet Union and United
States, the two great countries which possess new and terrible weapons in
quantities, agree immediately to an exchange of blueprints of their military
establishments and to provide each other with facilities for aerial
_reconnaissance.,
The President stated that such a step would provide against
rthe possibility of a great surprise attack and would be but a beginning toward
;} comprehensive and effective system of inspection and disarmament,
‘47, On the same day, Marshal Bulganin reiterated the Soviet proposal for
» stablishmentof control posts at large ports, at railway junctions, on main
rotor highways and airdromes, in order to prevent surprise attack,
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The U, 5, on August 30, 1955 presented an outline plan for the
mplementation of the President's proposal to the UN Subcommittee on
‘isarmament at the beginning of a series of meetings at the UN Headquarters
n New York; which was rejected by the UsS22.
49.
Marshal Bulganin, in a letter to President Zisenhower on September 19,
1955, raised objections to the "open skies! proposal,
vv On October 7, 1955, the U.3. proposed an extension of President
zisenhower's plan of aerial inspection to cover other countries, thus applying
to U. S. bases overseas; which was not accepted by the US52.
51, President Eisenhower on October li, 1955 in a letter to Marshal
Bulganin encouraged further study by the Soviet Union of the Geneva proposal
7nd stated United States? willingness to accept the Soviet proposal for
groun.
‘ontrol teams, along with the President's open skies proposal,
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‘ontinued to reject the open skies proposal,
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