position that it was inadvisable at this time to press ahead with ther
consideration of any major political issues without the participation
of the Soviet, assimilating thesituation in C.C.A. to that existing in
the Atomic Energy Commission.
  Mr. Nash commented on this position by pointing out the following:
  (1) In its resolution of December 5,1949, the Fourth General Assembly
called upon the C.CA. to proceed with the consideration of its Plan
of Work in order to achieve such progress "as might be possible";
(2) 'On January 17,1950, after the Soviet walk-out, the Security Coun-
cil transmitted the G.A. resolution to C.C.A., presumably in the ex-
pectation that ithe C.C.A. would proceed with appropriate action in
response to it and would take such-action despite anticipated Soviet
non-participation; (3) In view of the foregoing, it was the opinion of
the U.!S.-Delegation that discussions in C.C.A. should already have
been reopened some time ago, and should not be delayed any longer in
order tomaintain the policy of "business as usual"; (4) The'situation
in C.C.A. was quite different from that in A.EC. in that an actual
plan had been developed in the latter field to which the U.S.S.R. was
strongly opposed whereas no such plan had yet been evolved in C.C.A.;
(5) The discussion in C.C.A. of the "adequate safeguards" problem
covered by Item III of the Commission's Plan of Work would involve
only a "study" or ",planning" exercise in which the Soviet
,represent-
atives have expressed their lack of interest, professing to be interested
only in getting ahead with the consideration of actual plans of dis-
armament (Item IV of the Plan of Work). Consideration of this item,
therefore, in a wholly planning stage would hardly be regarded as any
inflammatory action, and might actually go forward more smoothly
than would be the case were the Soviet to be present.
   Mr. Laskey responded by agreeing that it would certainly be neces-
 sary for the C.1C.A. to meet before the next G.A. but he would have
 hoped that such a meeting might be held off until sometime later-as
 in June-on the possibility that the question of Chinese representation
 might be resolved in the meantime. He said he thought it doubtful that
 the principle of "business as usual" had proper application in
a field
 like C.C.A., differentiating it from the economic and social fields where
 there has never been any large measure of Soviet participation.
   After general discussion of the work of C.C.A., both Laskey and
 Cole conceded that the instructions received from their Foreign Office
 last August, authorizing them to proceed with the consideration of
 Item III of the C.C.A. Plan of Work, had not been altered except with
 respect to the bearing of the question of 'Chinese representation.
   Sir Terence Shone commented on the possibility that the subjects of
 both atomic energy and regulation and reduction of armaments might
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