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71. On May 4, 1956, the four Western Powers, in a joint declaration at
end of Subcommittee meetings, reiterated the necessity for a "strong"
control organization with inspection rights, including aerial reconnaissance,
operating from the outset and developing in parallel with the disarmament
measures.
72, On June 6, 1956, Marshal Bulganin in a letter to the President announced
the intention to cut the armed forces of the Soviet Union by 1, 200,000 men.
73.
In the UN Disarmament Commission, the USSR supported a Yugoslav
draft resolution of July 10,
1956, which called for "such initial disarmament
measures as are now feasible and such forms and degrees of control as are
required for these measures" and specified as one such measure "the
cessation of experimental explosions of nuclear weapons as well as other
practicable measures in the field of nuclear armaments."
74, On July 12, 1956, Mr. Gromyko of the USSR, in the UN Disarmament
Commission, made a statement accepting the figure of 2.5 million men for
the armed forces of the U.S. and the Soviets, but only as a first step, and
without accepting the accompanying conditions and safeguards.
75,
On July 13, 1956, in the Disarmament Commission, Ambassador
Wadsworth stated that "in the absence of agreement to eliminate or limit
nuclear weapons under proper safeguards, continuation of testing is essential
for our national defense and the security of the free world,"
76, On July 16, 1956, the U.S., UK, France and Canada proposed to the
Disarmament Commission the principles on which a sound disarmament <3% 'o~,
program could be based; which was rejected by the USSR.
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77.
On July 16, 1956, the 12-Nation UN Disarmament Commission adopted ‘- :
78.
Also on July 16, 1956, USSR Foreign Affairs Minister Shepilov, before
a resolution recalling the terms of the General Assembly resolution
endorsing the open skies, and requested the Subcommittee to continue its
studies.
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the Supreme Soviet in Moscow, stated the ''question of discontinuing tests of
atomic and hydrogen weapons can be ... settled independently" of
disarmament agreement.
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37.
President Eisenhower in a letter of August 4 to Premier Bulganin
March 1, 1956 letter and asked if progress
‘uld not be made on the matter.
7 ‘affirmed the proposals of his
“, On August 26, 1956, the White House announced that the Soviets had
*«ploded a nuclear device two days earlier,
1, On August 31, 1956 the President announced that a second Soviet atomic ‘xplosion had occurred on the previous day.
32. On September 3, 1956, the AEC announced thata third explosion in the
“est series had taken place on the preceding day.
33, On September 5, 1956, Mr. Stevenson, at the American Legion
-vivention, restated his proposal as "to halt further testing of large nuclear
devices, conditioned upon adherence by the other powers to a similar policy."
84, On September 10, 1956 the Soviets announced that a nuclear weapon
‘est had occurred that same day.
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