Show ARMAMENTS census voted the russians doing so well in united nations activities despite bitter soviet objections the UN general assembly voted to take a worldwide census of ordinary arms and armed forces losing the protest the reds lost too in an effort to have the census include atomic bombs too however the soviet action made it unlikely that any of the western countries would turn in their figures now THE ASSEMBLY voted 44 to 5 slav bloc dissenting tor for the census of weapons technically called conventional armaments this would include anything from such small arms as pistols to the largest warships and planes but would not include atomic bombs or any other weapons of mass destruction the western group argued such a census is the first step in setting up a scheme tor for arms limitation the assembly action confirmed once more a decision of the UN commission for conventional armaments that it has no business dealing with atomic weapons since the UN atomic energy commission was set up for that purpose THE FRENCH on the other land band charged that russia was trying to trap the western powers into disarming while the soviets build an army unprecedented in history john D hickerson US assistant secretary of state told the russian delegates frankly that western europe is re arming and the US is helping because they tear fear the intentions tent ions of the soviet union with this open declaration of knowledge or belief of where americas chief danger lies there should be no excuse in the future for any reenactment of the pearl harbor debacle in the event the reds start a war |