Editorial Note
On November 8, 1951, during the general debate phase of proceedings at the Sixth Session of the General Assembly in Paris, Secretary [Page 583] of State Acheson delivered an address which dealt in part with regulation of armaments, particularly the proposals which the United States, the United Kingdom, and France intended to introduce. For text of the address, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Plenary Meetings, pages 13–17, (hereafter cited as GA (VI), Plenary) or Department of State Bulletin, November 19, 1951, pages 803–808.
Later on November 8, Audrey Y. Vyshinsky, Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Soviet Delegation, addressed the General Assembly. His remarks were highly critical of the tripartite proposals on regulation of armaments (for text, see telegram Delga 72, November 6, page 581) and included a Soviet draft resolution, document A/1944, which contained the following elements: The General Assembly was asked to condemn the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and United States bases; to request all foreign troops to leave Korea within three months; to convene a World Conference on disarmament; and to call upon the major powers to conclude a Peace Pact. For text of Vyshinsky’s address, including the Soviet proposal, see GA (VI), Plenary, pages 19–28. For an extract from the speech, see Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959, volume I, pages 281–289.
Mr. Vyshinsky further criticized the tripartite declaration in remarks before the General Assembly on November 16. For text of the address, see GA (VI), Plenary, pages 188–195. An extract appears in Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959, volume I, pages 289–307.