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ventional armaments and armed forces should be put into effect in
phase with the implementation of a system of international control
of atomic energy aimed at prohibition of atomic weapons. As ap-
propriate, in the debate the United States should re-emphasize the
view set forth by the United States Delegation on November 19, 1949
(the Fourth Regular Session of the General Assembly) in the debate
of the conventional armaments as follows:
  "At no time has any one denied that.the two fields [atomic weapons
and conventional armaments] 2 are closely interrelated-that they are
two aspects of the one problem of disarmament. The Atomic Energy
Commission has been endeavoring to work out a suitable and effective
system for the control of atomic energy and the prohibition of the
atomic weapon. The Commission for Conventional Armaments has
been endeavoring to work out the preliminary steps for the develop-
ment of an effective plan for the regulation and control of conventional
armaments and armed forces. If and when the two Commissions
succeed in developing suitable and acceptable plans in their respective
fields, there will be a necessity for coordinating the two plans in an
over-all system of collective security." 3
  SBracketsappear in the source text.
  See footnote 3, p. 86.

  10 Files: US/A/M(Chr)/135
  Minutes of the Briefing Session of the United States Delegation to the
  General Assembly, Department of State, September 8,1950,10 a. m.
                              [Extract]
 SECRET
 Representatives 'and Alternate Representatives
                        Ambassador Austin
                        Mrs&.Roosevelt
                        Senator Sparkman1
                        Seniat r Lodge
                        Mr. Dulles3 -
                        Mr. Cohen 4
                        Mr. Cooper5
                        Mrs. Sampson0
                        Members of the Staff

   1Senator John J. Sparkman of .Alabama, member of the United States
   Delegation.
   2Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.-, of Massachusetts, member, of the United
   States Delegation.
   "John Foster Dulies, consultant to the Secretary of State; member
of the
   United States Delegation.
   Benjamin V. Cohen, Counselor of the Department of State, 1945-1947; alter-
   nate member of the United States Delegation.
   SJohnSherman Cooper, Senator from Kentucky, 1946-4948; alternate member
   of the United  ates Delegation. ..
     8Mrs. Edith ,S. Sampson, alternate member of the United States Delegation.


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