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The free countries must always, therefore, be
prepared to negotiate and must be ready to take the
initiative at times in seeking negotiation. They must
develop a negotiating position which defines the issues
and the terms on which they would be prepared==an at
what stages - to accept agreements with the Soviet Union.
The terms must be fair in the view of popular opinion
in the free world. This means that they must be consist-
ent with a positive program for peace--in harmony with the
United Nations Charter and providing, at a minimum, for
the effective control of all armaments by the United
Nations or a successor organization. The terms must not
require more of the Soviet Union than such behavior and
such participation in a world organization. The Fact
that such conduct by the Soviet Union is impossible with-
out such a radical change in Soviet policies as to con-
stitute a change in the Soviet system would then emerge
as a result of the Kremlin's unwillingness to accept such
terms or of its bad faith in observing them.
A sound negotiating position is, therefore, an
essential element in the ideological conflict. For some
time after a decision to build up strength, any offer of,
or attempt at, negotiation of a general settlement along
the lines of the Berkeley speech by the Cecretary of State
could
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