The Soviet delegation's proposal that information be
submitted regarding the armed forces of United Nations
on the territories of other United Nations has encountered
no objections. I am not for the moment speakiAg of the
reservations conditioning this agreement.
The Soviet delegation, in its turn, has agreed to the
proposal of the I.Umted States of America that information
be likewise submitted regarding Allied troops stationed
in former enemy states. It may be considered that this
proposal, too, has unanimous support.
Nor have any objections been raised against the Soviet
delegation^ proposal calling for information on the loca-
tion and garrisons of air and naval bases belonging to the
armed forces of one or another of the United Nations on
the aforesaid territories. The receipt of this information
by the Security Council will be of great importance.
Sir Philip Noel-Baker has proposed that information
relate, not to November 1 of the present year, but to
January 1, 1947. The Soviet delegation does not object
lo this British amendment.
Some 'delegates, however, propose that, besides infor-
mation regarding the troops of United Nations abroad,
information be submitted regarding the troops stationed
at home. Mr. Connally, representative of the United States
of America', has been particularly insistent upon this
proposal. He has been supported by Mr. Bevin and Sir
Philip Noel-Baker, for Great Britain, and also by certain
other delegates.
This being so, ii shall have to present the views of the
Soviet Government on this subject.
As I have already said, the Soviet Government considers
it essential that the United Nations organization receive
from the Member States a complete idea of all their
armaments. But the Soviet Government considers that this
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