this desirable, the Soviet Government raised no objections
to this proposal.
But even after the Soviet delegation had agreed to this
proposal and had introduced a corresponding paragraph
into the text of its draft, which has been distributed to all
the delegates here present, Mr. Connally, for some reason,
continued to insist upon this proposal and to reproach
someone with unwillingness lo submit this information. We
do not know why this should have been done, when all
grounds for such statements had been eliminated. But
perhaps Mr. Connally did not read the Soviet delegation's
proposal until after he had spoken, and perhaps he was
not listening when I stated my agreement to the submis-
sion of such information.
Ill
THE PURPOSES OF THE SOVIET PROPOSAL
Now I should like to return once more to a question
that has been touched upon here by quite a number of
delegates. They inquire of the Soviet delegation, what pur-
pose it pursues in making this proposal. Inasmuch as this
inquiry has been repeated, I shall dwell upon it once more.
I shall have to remind you again that, under the Charter,
the Security Council and its Military Staff Committee are
obliged to draft a proposal c&ncerning the armed forces
that are to be made available to the Security Council for
the maintenance of international peace. That is provided
by Article 43 of the Charter. Never before has an interna-
tional organization occupied itself with such questions.
Today, this task has been put on the agenda. The Military
Staff Committee has already begun to examine the question,
although, of course, we must not underestimate the diffi-
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