| Show Big Four Agree on Arms Group Stalemate Over Type of Treaty PARIS Dec 11 Hi 1 The Big Four announced agreement Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day to set up a new disarmament commission but still were as far apart as ever on what sort of arms treaty the proposed group J should w work rk out Fundamental differences still stilli i remain said the United States I Britain and Fr France ante in summarizing ing their 10 days of secret talks with the Soviet Union on how to toI I end the world arms race I Their agreement to set up the new commission which commission which will rei replace re re- i place t two w o 0 deadlocked already-deadlocked I United was was va s announced in a report of the talks talk s I by U. U N. N Assembly President Luis Lui Luisi s i j Padilla Nervo Padilla Nervo presided presided pre sided over the meetings Lists Disa Disagreement The chairman's report which the Big Four unanimously approved approved approved ap proved outlined a fundamental I disagreement between the East t land and West Vest on just what the new commission should be told to doIt do jit lt It was the same basic difference e I which exists between the western wester n and the Russian disarmament I I plans I The three western powers insisted in that the commission be instructed instructed in in- strutted to draw u up a step step step-by- b Y i step plan for arms reduction beginning beI beginning be be- I ginning with a world-wide world census of arms and a foolproof system of I verification I The Russians as adamantly d demanded de de- mand d immediate and unconditional unconditional unconditional prohibition of atomic weapons i j ons and third one-third reduction of all alli i conventional armed forces and j armaments 1 j Leaves Leae Problem I The Big Four committees committee's failure fail ail ure to reconcile this basic disagreement dis- dis i agreement left to lo the U. U N. N General General Gen Gen- eral cral Assembly the problem of I working out a compromise Observers Observers Ob Ot- servers doubted this could be done It H was expected the West Nest could coul I muster enough assembly votes to push its own plan through the I assembly But such action would in turn raise the question of whether Russia would serve on a a commission instructed to work workout workout out a disarmament program o oI on on I the western-proposed western lines s |
