Editorial Note
On September 30, Soviet Representative at the United Nations Andrei Y. Vyshinsky transmitted to the President of the General Assembly a “Soviet Draft Resolution Introduced in the General Assembly: Conclusion of an International Convention (Treaty) on the Reduction of Armaments and the Prohibition of Atomic, Hydrogen, and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction.” (UN doc. A/2742 and Corr. 1) The Soviet draft resolution called for a two-stage total reduction in armed forces, armaments, and budgetary appropriations over a period of one to two years, along with the complete prohibition [Page 1526] of atomic, hydrogen, and other weapons of mass destruction. Supervision was to be undertaken by a temporary international control commission established under the Security Council. (Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959, volume I, pages 431–433)
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov handed a copy of this draft resolution to French Ambassador to the Soviet Union Louis Joxe on September 29. It was subsequently sent from Paris to the Department of State as telegram 1340 of September 30, repeated to London for Secretary Dulles. (600.0012/9–3054)