1.
GV DELEGATES OUTSIDE CONFERENCE ROOM
0.05

2.
CU TSARAPKIN
0.11

3.
CU SIGN: "SALLE VII"
0.14

4.
GV INT..CONFERENCE HALL
0.17

5.
SV DELEGATES
0.20

6.
MV CHARLES STELLE
0.24

7.
MV PETER THOMAS
0.27

8.
SV DELEGATES SEATED AT TABLE
0.31

9.
TV DITTO
0.35

10.
GV CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
0.40



Initials JT/S/CR/BB AK/S/CR/ES



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Background: THE 17-NATION DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE RESUMED ON TUESDAY IN GENEVA IN AN OPTIMISTIC MOOD. ALL DELEGATES HAILED THE PARTIAL NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY INITIALIZED IN MOSCOW LAST WEEK AS A REALLY PROMISING STEP.

RUSSIA'S MR. TSARAPKIN SAID THE TREATY SHOWED THE "CORRECTNESS AND SUCCESS" OF THE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE POLICY. HE SAID RUSSIA NOW ATTACHED "GREAT IMPORTANCE" TO THE EARLY CONCLUSION OF A NON-AGGRESSION PACT BETWEEN THE WARSAW AND NATO POWERS.

MR. CHARLES STELLE, OF THE UNITED STATES, SAID AMERICA, BRITAIN AND RUSSIA WERE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE BAN.

BRITAIN'S MR. PETER THOMAS SAID NOW THAT A TEST-BAN HAD BEEN CONCLUDED, THERE WAS A "REAL OPPORTUNITY" TO PURSUE DISCUSSION OF OTHER MATTERS MORE HOPEFULLY THAN BEFORE.