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    "ocrText": "-5-\nwhich, in our view, had the effect of declaring certain acts\ncrimes only when committed by the Nazis. The United States\ncontended that the criminal character of such acts could not\ndepend on who -committed them and that international crimes\ncould only be defined in broad terms applicable to statesmen\nof any nation guilty of the proscribed conduct. At the final\nmeeting the Soviet qualifications were dropped and agreement\nwas reached on a generic definition acceptable to all. \" 4\nUNITED NATIONS\nAmbassador Jessup Contrasts U.S.-U.S.S.R. Attitudes. -\nIn an address of February 18, Philip C. Jessup, U. S. Ambassador-\nat-Large, said that the U.S.S.R. is manufacturing fear behind\nits Iron Curtain while \"out in the open we along with fifty-\ntwo other countries in the U.N27 are building peace. \" Although\nthe U.S.S.R.; he stated, has not yet begun to cooperate with\nthe U.N., the' Soviet attitude has neither \"poisoned our polioy\"\nnor succeeded in wrecking the organization. \"At the same\ntime, he continued, \"I do not hesitate to say that the atti-\ntude of the Soviet Union is making it more difficult for the\nUnited Nations to do its job. \" 5\nRECHIVES\nREGORDS\nAmerican Views on Soviet Arms Proposals. - At the\nFebruary 8 meeting of the Security Council, Ambassador Warren R.\nAustin, U. S. Representative, referring to the Soviet draft\nresolution\n+Report of Robert H. Jackson, United States Representative\nto the International Conference in Milito Trials London, 1945\n(Lepartment of State publication 3080; International Organization\nand Conference Series II, European and British Commonwealth 1),\npp. v~viii.\n5.\nBulletin, Feb. 27, pp. 245-246."
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