The issue, or to hold an emergency session of the UN General Assembly in Europe next spring to discuss this issue. The representatives of Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Albania, and other countries supported the Soviet proposal. The U.S. representative, however, attacked this Soviet proposal as being for the purpose of "making lengthy speeches" and for "propaganda," expressed willingness to resume the Ten-Nation Disarmament Talks, and advocated for the UN General Assembly's Political Committee to debate the disarmament issue. The Canadian Foreign Minister echoed the U.S., suggesting that the ten nations conduct disarmament negotiations under the auspices of a neutral country. The British representative clamored about adhering to the "established procedures" of the United Nations, insisting that the Political Committee should first debate the disarmament issue. The representative of Ghana indicated he would abstain during the vote. Khrushchev spoke for the second time at the meeting, accusing the West of having no intention to disarm, and stated that if it was decided that the Political Committee would first debate the disarmament issue, the Soviet Union would reserve the right on whether to participate in the debate. After he concluded these remarks, the U.S. representative once again attacked the Soviet Union. Subsequently, the UN General Assembly, with 62 votes in favor, 12 against, and [X] abstentions, passed the motion to have the Political Committee debate the disarmament issue, and with 13 votes in favor, 54 against, and 31 abstentions, rejected the Soviet proposal requesting the General Assembly to directly discuss the disarmament issue.

Critique on the Article "The Role of Macmillan"
(October 15, 1960)
Hashi Ill is a thoughtful American journalist. This article [121] merits study.
Mao Zedong
October 15th
[1]
Hashi, then a special correspondent of the U.S. newspaper *The Christian Science Monitor* stationed at the United Nations.
[2]
Refers to Hashi's article "The Role of Macmillan," published in the 18th issue (Supplement) of *Internal Reference* compiled and printed by the Xinhua News Agency on October 6, 1960. The article stated that Khrushchev's actions in recent weeks show that he has become a captive of the Chinese Communist Party's policies. If he is to extricate himself from the many problems he faces, he needs Western help. Many Western experts believe that Khrushchev, in order to prove to his domestic critics that he "does not love capitalism," was forced to launch a series of crude verbal attacks against the West, while simultaneously taking some very serious crude actions. The above viewpoint coincides with another theory increasingly esteemed in current Western strategic circles, namely, that Soviet society is changing, that within the new Soviet society, more and more people are demanding a more pleasant and comfortable human life, and that the Communists are being corroded by human desires and interests. This situation has convinced British Prime Minister Macmillan that now is not the time to burn all bridges between East and West, and that it is more important than ever to keep lines of communication open, because closing such lines could very easily make Khrushchev irretrievably fall into China's embrace, thereby leading to what the Chinese call a world war. Macmillan hopes to resume summit meetings as a guarantee of peace.