INCOMING TUEGRAM CONE I PENT I AI 48-M Control Action 10 Info Rec'd FROM NEW YORK SS TO Secretary of State G NO DELGA 22 SF 1 Department of State SEPTEMBER 18 WN ' 132 47 F SEPTEMBER 18 1959 11 03 PM L INR H AF AM EUR i Ii f if I 9 PM C SAl I fTl-A VERBAT IM TEXT - I 'j RE DISARMAMENT - U z s FOLLOWING IS REVISED IRISH RESOLUTION MADE A SECRETARY BY AIKEN FE IL LE TO A 'V c V' - - - ' m on NEA THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DeL o RECOGN IZING THE DANGER THAT AN INCREASE 'IN TH OF o STATES POSSESSING NUCLEAR WEAPONS MAY OCCUR AGGRAVATING INTt i i TI ' ' _ AL TENSIONS AND THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE AND T rv RENDERING MORE DIFFICULT THf ATTAINMENT OF GENERAL DISARMAMENT AGREEMENT p o 1 RMR -' 2 CONVINCED THEREFORE THAT CONSIDERATION OF THIS DANGER IS APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF DELIBERATIONS ON DISARMAMENT 3 DESIRING TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POWERS CONCERNED OJ en W IN THE CONSULTATIONS AGREED UPON BY THE FOREIGN MINISTERS' CONFERENCE IN GENEVA LAST AUGUST ITS CONVICTION THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THIS PROBLEM 4 SUGGESTS THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE SAID CONSULTATIONS CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO APPROPRIATE MEANS WHEREBY THI DANGER MAY BE AVERTED AND WITH THiS END IN VIEW EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ARRIV ING AT AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT UBJECT ' TO INSPECTION AND CONTROL WHEREBY THE POWERS PRODUCIN f NUCLEA WEAPONS WOULD REFRAIN FROM HANDING OVER THE CONTROL OF Uca ' WEAPONS TO ANY NATION NOT POSSESSING THEM AND WHEREBY E OWE ' NOT POSSESSING SUCH WEAPONS WOULD REFRAIN FROM MANUFA R G rnEM o UNLESS UNCLASSIFIED l _____ 'ONFIDENTIAL REPROOUCTION FROM Tills COpy IS PROHIBITED PERMANENT RECORD COPY - This copy must be returned to RM R central files with notation of action taken_ DECLASSIFIED 90 7 tJ Authority N JO CONFIDENTiAl -2- DELGA 22 SEPTEMBER 18 9 PM FROM NEW YORK I 5 INVITES THE POWERS CONCERNED TO INCLUDE THE RESULTS OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS ON THESE MATTERS IN THEIR REPORT TO THE DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HERTER JS 23 CONFIDENTIAL - J This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu