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‘Mr. Allen noted that other countries, now members of the Security
Council, had been approached with respect to sponsoring this resolu-
tion. Brazil was without instructions; Yugoslavia had declined, and
India was too much occupied with its negotiations with ‘respect. to
Chinese Communist aggression in Korea to accept. He also reported
that he understood the Soviets were extremely annoyed with the
Sécretariat for not having placed the item on control of atomic energy
before the plenary at an earlier date. In answer to a question from
Ambassador Austin regarding our negotiations with. other ‘countries,
Mr. Nash explained that as the primary sponsor of the resolution,
Australia had taken on the responsibility for obtaining co-sponsors.
The only states not. approached directly were China and the Soviet
Union. However, he had privately undertaken to speak to the Chinese
representative who was agreeable and understood why he was not
being asked to co-sponsor the proposal, He noted that the membership
of the special committee was not in terms of particular countries, but
in terms of the membership of the Security Council. For this reason,
no attempt had been made to ask whether a. particular country was
willing to serve. Ambassador Austin inquired how many countries
had seen the draft resolution. Mr. Nash replied that all but the Soviets
had been shown the resolution earlier, and that now that it had been
tabled, he assumed that all members were aware of its contents.

"Senator: Cooper, while he thought the plan in the resolution was
logical, believed the question might very well be asked as to what there
was about the plan that promised any improvement over the present
impasse. He wondered if the resolution were just'a paper draft or
actually | offered hope for improvement in the present situation. It
seemed to him the Soviets were likely to take this item as‘an oppor-
tunity to launch another propaganda attack based on various recent
statements in this country regarding the use of the atomic bomb.

Mr. Nash explained that the United States would. try to make it as
_. Clear as possible that this proposal was not offered as a solution to the
impasse-and would pick up the tenor of the President’s speech that the
only hope for a solution was a fundamental change in Soviet opinion.
This draft was offered as a fresh approach and with a view to going
ahead with a discussion of some of the technical aspects of the prob-

Tem against. the day when the present difficult political situation might —_—

be resolved. In other words, this was a procedural step which at least
would keep the door open. ‘As to the possible use of the item by the
Soviets for propaganda, he believed this was a real possibility. At the
same time the resolution embraced a proposal which the Soviets had
been contending for for five years. If they still believed the two fields
of atomic energy and conventional armaments should not be split,
this might make an all-out propaganda attack embarrassing. Mr.