$St and West whilch I have desoribed. And in the lrcumstances ,now created, ‘this confer,ence will give s the opportunity, which we must surely seize, to lake further propress, ,to the benefit of all, witth zalistic measures to improve security, and to increase le mutual confidence which is essential ito it, to seek ractical ways to develop good neighbour co-operation; nd to lower the barriers which have for too long ivided ,the peoples of Europe. As my Secretary of late said in the General Assembly on 27 September 972 “. . , we must, if life Is to be tolerable, replace le negative conception ,of co-existence with a fabric f trus t”-2 8. Simil~ly, and as part ,of the same prooess, we &orne the proepeot of negotiations on mutual and alanced foroe reductions which we hope will begin L the autumn. No one pretends that this will be an Isy matter to deal with. But if it is possible to reach rreement on measures ‘d&grmd to create confidence, &se negtiations offor the oppotiunity of finding some a~ of lowtrring the Bevel of armed foroes and arma- lemts in centr&l Europe while at the game time aintainin.g undiminished security for aill at each and Iem stage of the process. 9. Let me conclude by repeatifng that we look ,Ma.rd $0 continuing in this Organization as elsewhere Ic co-operation with the Federal RepubXc of Gmmany. re look forward equally to inoreadng contacts with - 2 &&~ial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-seventh ,ion, Plenary.Meetings, 2042nd meetmg, para. 108. the German Democratic Rep&tic. The contributions that the Fedma Republi’c qof Germany and the Germs Democratic Republic have made ito the process of de’teilzte, not least by the conclusion of the her-German agreements and anrangements and of the General Rsla- 
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