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The US will propose a worldwide arms census including atomic weapons at the UN Assembly in Paris this week, featuring verification, as part of President Truman's peace plan, marking a policy shift after Russian vetoes since 1948.
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PARIS, (AP)—The United States was reliably reported today to have decided to propose a world-wide arm census including a complete accounting of all atomic weapons.
The U.S. plan, which will be placed before the United Nations assembly here this week, calls for a strict system of verification for the atomic accounting. This may prove to be the stumbling block which could hold up indefinitely any disclosure of the number of atom bombs in the U.S. and Russia.
Informed quarters said the arms proposal was the heart of the reported peace plan which President Truman will announce Wednesday night and which Secretary of State Acheson will lay before the United Nations Assembly, perhaps on Thursday.
Inclusion of atomic weapons in the proposed arms census represents a drastic change in the U.S. policy. The census question has been before the U.N. since 1948, but was blocked by the Russian veto because the U.S. refused to include atomic weapons.
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Paris
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This Week
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strict system of verification for atomic accounting; potential stumbling block due to disclosure of atom bombs in u.s. and russia; drastic change in u.s. policy
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The United States decided to propose a world-wide arms census including a complete accounting of all atomic weapons, to be placed before the United Nations assembly in Paris this week. The plan calls for a strict system of verification. Informed quarters said the arms proposal was the heart of the reported peace plan which President Truman will announce Wednesday night and which Secretary of State Acheson will lay before the United Nations Assembly, perhaps on Thursday. Inclusion of atomic weapons represents a drastic change in U.S. policy, previously blocked by Russian veto since 1948.