Press Release DC/575
17 August 1965
PRESS REREASE ISSUSD ON 17 AUGUST BY CONFERENCE
OF EIGHTEEN-NATION COMMITTED ON DISARMAMENT
(The following was received from the Information Service of the European
Office of the United Nations, Geneva.)
Following is the text of a press re?eace issued today ia Geneva by the
Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Comities on Disarmament:
"The Conference of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament today
held its 22>-!th plenary meeting in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, under the
chairmanship of U Sein Bwa, representative of Burma.
"Statements were made by the representatives of the United Arab Republic,
Brazil, the United'States, Romania, Mexico and the Soviet Union^
"The Delegation of the United States of America tabled a draft treaty to
prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
"The next meeting of the Conference will be held on Thursday, 19 August
1965, at 10:30 a,m,"