savinghumanlivesD•TheSovietPremier wasright. Wewanttoco-operate withtheSovietunioninmakingprogress onthesemost ~portant ofallissues. Progress requires -itdem~ds -goodwill,realism and honesty. Behindthecurtainthatencloses Sovietsociety, freefromtheopen debateweseeintheWest,amajorstrategic defence programme hasproceeded for decades. ThecurrentSOvietleaders krllOWthat.Inthepast20yearstheJSM/td A/40/PV.4 47 (Mr.Shultz. UnitedStates) SovietUnionhasspent ~outasDIlc:honstrategic defen~e asonitsoffensive Ducle.ar forces. TheSOviets knowthat.TheSoviets havetheworld's mostactive military spaceprogramme. lastyearconducting about100space launch~~~ some 80percentofwhichwerepurelymilitary innature. compared toatotalofabout 20UnitedStatesspacelaunches. TheSoviets knoloJthat.too.Theydeploythe world's onlyanti-ballistie-missile system. whosenuclear-armed interceptors and othercomponents areundergoing extensive modernization. Theyareresearching many ofthesamenewtechnologies aswe.andareaheadinsome.AndthesovietUnion hastheworld's onlyextensively testedandfullyoperational anti-satellite system. TheSovietleaders knowfullwelltheirownefforts inthesefields. Theirpropaganda aboutAmerican programmes isblatantly one-sided andnottobe taken ~eriously. Soletusgetdowntorealbusiness. withtheseriousness thesubject deserves. a~dletusdt)sointhequi~tofthenegotiatingroom.wherewecan reallymakeprogress onnarrowing ourdifferences. Progress needstobemadeinotherarms-control areasaswell.Res.traints on chemic~l andbiological weapons haveerodedinrecentyearsasinternational agreements havebeenviolated bytheSovietUnio:'landothers. InApril1984the UnitedStatesproposed acomprehensive treatyforaglobalbanonchemical weapons. Wewillagainintroduce adraftresolution onchemical weapons inthe FirstCommittee. Wemusthavetalksonserious. vel·ifiable proposals. Toreducetheriskofconflict through miscalculation weandourAtlantic allieshaveproposed significant confidence- andsecurity-building measures atthe Conference onDisarmament inEurope. Toenhancesecurity inCentral Europe wehave repeatedly soughtwaystomovethemutualandbalanced forcereduction talksin Viennaforward.JSM/td A/40/PV.4 48 (!!!.:.Shultz, UnitedStates) Insum,theUniteci\statesandth~SO'IlietUnionnowhl!!lveahistoric opportunity toreducetheriskofwar.Preaident Reaganlooksforward tohismeeting with General secretaryGorbacb~' inNovember. Wehavealongagenda. TheUnitedStates i~working hardtomakeitaproductive m'!eting andwewantthemeetingitselfto giveafurther impetus tothewide-ranging dialogue onwhichwearea~ready emb~rked. Sovietactsofgoodfaithandwillingness toreachfairagreements will bemorethanmatched ontheAmerican side. Justasthereisademocratic revolution intheworldtoday,sothereisalso arevolution ineconomic thinking. Mankindismovingtowards anevergreater recognition oftheinescapablo tiebetween freedom andeconomic progress. Command economies~ inspiteofalltheirpretensions, havenotdoneverywellinliberating peoplefrompoverty. Inreality, theyhaveservedasinstruments ofpowerforthe fewratherthanofhopeforthemany.Expectations ofmaterial progress and prosperity havebeenfulfilled incountries whoseGovernments haveapplied reason andfreshthinking totheirproblems, learning fromexperience ratherthan slavishly~?llowing outworn dogma. Thenewwayofthinking -economic freedom ~ actually isareturntooldtruthsthatmanyhadforgotten ornevetunderstood. Thosedeveloping countries inAsiarelying onfreemarketpolicies, for example, haveenjoyed oneofthemostremarkable economic boomsinhistorydespite arelative lackofnatural resources. TheASEANnations andtheRepublic ofKorea havegrownata 7percentayearrateoverthepastdecade, thefastestratein theworld,andASEANhasbecomeamodelofregional development andpolitical co-operation. Inrecognition ofthesuccessofeconomic freedom theislandnations oftheSouthPacific havecontinued toencourage theprivate sectoraswell. We arejoining withtheminadedicated efforttonegotiate quickly aregional fisheries agreement thatwillbenefitall.JSM!td A/40/PV.4 49-50 (Mr.Shultz, unitedStates) Thesuccessoftheseandothercountries demonstrates thatthelawsof economics donotdi.scriminate between developed anddeveloping. E'!)rallnations equally thetruesourceofwealthistheenergyandcreativity oftheindividual, nottheState. Aftardecades offashionable socialist doctrine weseetodayon everycontinent efforts todecentralize, deregUlate, denationalize andenlarge the scopeforproducers andconsumers tointeract inthefreemarket. InIndia,China andelsewhere newpolicies arebeingadopted tounleash thecreative abilitie6 of
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement by the US Secretary of State, George Shultz, addressing the Soviet Union and the international community. The main topics discussed are international relations, disarmament, economic development, and the role of the state in the economy. The text highlights the differences between command economies and free market economies, and emphasizes the importance of cooperation and dialogue between nations.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade