501.BB/11–2846: Telegram
Senator Austin to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 6:37 p.m.]
871. Following is text of Soviet proposal referred to by Molotov at end his speech Committee 1 today:40
“To supplement the proposal of the USSR delegation regarding the general reduction of armaments of October 29, 194641 by the following paragraph:
To ensure the adoption of measures for the reduction of armaments and prohibition of the use of atomic energy for military purposes there shall be established within the framework of the Security Council, who bear the main responsibility for international peace and security, international control operating on the basis of a special provision which should provide for the establishment of special organs of inspection for which purpose there shall be formed: [Page 1069]
- (a)
- A commission for the control of the execution of the decision regarding the reduction of armaments.
- (b)
- A commission for the control of the execution of the decision regarding the prohibition of the use of atomic energy for military purposes.