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    "ocrText": "- 4 -\nsovereignty of the powers. This means that if the United States Government\nis really ready to cooperate with the governments of the other powers in the\ninterests of maintaining peace and strengthening confidence between states it\nmust, firstly, condemn the inadmissible provocative actions of the United\nStates air force with regerd to the Soviet Union and, secondly, refrain from\ncontinuing such actions and such a policy agninst the USSR in the future. It\ngoes without saying that in this case the United States Government cannot fail\nto call to strict account those who are directly guilty of the deliberate\nviolation by A erican aircraft of the state borders of the USSR.\nD\nUntil this is done by the United States Government the Soviet Government\nsees no possibility for productive negotiations with the United States\nGovernment at the Summit Conference. It cannot be among the participants in\nnegotiations where one of them has made treachery the basis of his policy\nwith regard to the Soviet Union.\nIf under the obtaining conditions the Soviet Government were to\nparticipate in negotiations clearly doomed to failure, it would thereby become\na party to the deception of the nations, which it has no intention of becoming.\nIt stands to reason that if the US Government were to declare that in\nfuture the United States will not violate the state borders of the USSR with\nits aircraft, that it deplores the provocative actions undertaken in the past,\nand will punish those directly guilty of such actions, which would assure the\nSoviet Union equal conditions with other powers, I, as Head of the Soviet\nGovernment, would be ready to participate in the Conference and exert all\nefforts to contribute to its success.\nAs a result of the provocative flights of American military aircraft and\nabove all as a result of such provocative flights being declared national\npolicy of the United States of America for the future with regard to the\nsocialist countries, new conditions have appeared in international relationships.\nNaturolly, under such conditions we cannot vork at the Conference, ve\ncannot because we see the positions from which it is intended to talk with us :\nunder the threat of aggressive reconnaissance flights. Espionage flights are\nknown to be undertaken with reconnaissance purposes with the object of starting\na war. Vie therefore reject the conditions which the United States of America\nare creating for us. We cannot participate in any negotiations and in the\nsolution of even those questions which have already matured, we cannot because\nwe see that the United States have no desire to reach a settleuent.\nIt is considered to be a leader in the Western countries. Therefore the\nlonference would at present be a useless waste of time and a decention of the\npublic opinion of all countries. I repeat, we cannot under the obtaining\nsituation take part in the negotiations.\nWe want to participate in the talks only on an equal footing, with\nequal opportunities for both one and the other side."
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