for verification. Briefly, we are for the monitoring of the cessation of nuclear explosions, but we are against the replacement of a halt to testing by the continuation of tests in the presence of observers. CD/.6J8 page 4 It must be remembered- that the problem of the complete and. general cessation of nuclear-weapon tests is far from new. Some years ago it was examined, at length in the course of tripartite talks between the USSR, the United. States and. Britain at which verification issues too were discussed, in the most detailed fashion. On many points the parties were close to mutual understanding. But the United States broke off the talks and broke them off because the restrictions that had been worked out were an obstacle to the Pentagon ’s plans. We have proposed to the United States several times that the talks should be resumed. Today, too, we are appealing to them for the same thing, so as completely to end nuclear-weapon tests. The holding of such talks, the achievement at them of results would be much easier in a situation in which the USSR and the United States were not conducting nuclear tests. The United States, however, does not want to return to the negotiating table. And that means that the United States does not want either an end to nuclear testing or a reliable verification system. No other conclusion can be drawn. It is sometimes said that the question of the halting of nuclear-weapon tests should be examined at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Well, we’re willing to discuss it there too. But in Geneva the United States and other Western countries have long been sabotaging the holding of such talks. Consequently, the question is not where to consider the cessation of nuclear weapon tests. It is important to examine this problem seriously and without 
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