DEADLOCK AT GENEVA
Sharp Clash On Responsibility
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) GENEVA, March 18.
The United States and Russia clashed sharply at the disarmament conference today, each accusing the other of responsibility for the deadlock in the nuclear test ban talks.
Mr C. Stelle, of the United States, said that if Russia persisted in its “take-it-or-leave-it” attitude over the number of onsite inspections needed to police a test ban, it would be “crystal clear” who was to blame for the failure.
“But we sincerely believe the negotiations will not fail. They must not fail,” he said. Mr S. Tsarapkin, of the Soviet Union, said the United States “continues to sabotage negotiations by continuing to ignore the compromise on a Quota (of inspections) which is the key to agreement. “We offered two to three and they took it. Now they say it is unacceptable,” Mr Tsarapkin said, according to a Western source. “We cannot go beyond this. Please be moderate in your appetites.”
The West has offered to agree to a minimum of seven on-site inspections annually, but has emphasised that even this figure is flexible. Any agreement on numbers would depend on an agreement on what an inspection entails.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30085, 20 March 1963, Page 20
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