Document V-6 Statement Issued by the Department of State, April 27, 1965 " "'Final Delimitation of the The State Department has repeatedly expressed its views concerning the final determination of the Polish-German boundary. For example, it was stated in the Department's reply to a Polish Embassy note of July 20, 1960, that ".. the Heads of Government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, when defining in Article VIII B of the Protocol of the Proceedings of the Berlin (Potsdam) Conference 20 those former German territories which were to be under the administration of the Polish State, reaffirmed their opinion that the final delimitation of the western frontier of Poland should await the peace settlement." Department of State Bulletin, May 17, 1965, p. 757. The statement was read by the Director of the Office of News (McCloskey), Department of State, at a news conference, in reply to inquiries provoked by the language of art. 5 of the Soviet-Polish Treaty (supra), which referred to the Oder-Neisse Line as a "state frontier." 28 Text in 1945 Foreign Relations, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), (Department of State publication 7163), vol. II, pp. 1491-1492. Text of the Department's note, dated Aug. 11, 1960, is printed in the Department of State Bulletin, Sept. 5, 1960, pp. 363-364. Document V-11 Joint Declaration Signed at Moscow by the President of Yugoslavia (Tito), the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU (Brezhnev), and the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. (Mikoyan), June 30, 1965 (Excerpts) Yugoslav-Soviet "Exchange of Views . . . in a Spirit of Mutual Understanding and Sincere Friendship" At the invitation of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet, the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers and the Presidium of the C.P.S.U. Central Committee, Josip Broz Tito, President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and General Secretary of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia and his wife paid an official visit to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from June 18 to July 1, 1965. During their stay in the Soviet Union, the President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the members of the Yugoslav delegation visited the cities of Minsk, Sverdlovsk, Irkutsk, Bratsk and Omsk, in addition to the capital of the Soviet Union, Moscow. They inspected a number of industrial and agricultural enterprises, visited certain cultural and historical monuments, had talks with the leaders of province and local Soviets, and met The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, vol. XVII, No. 26, July 21, 1965, pp. 18-20, 48. The text was released on July 1, 1965. Both sides note that the basic trend of world development in present-day conditions is the consolidation of the positions of socialism, which is developing in various conditions and in increasingly diverse forms; the upsurge of the nationalliberation and international workers' movement; and the growth of the forces leading the struggle for peace throughout the world. The sides stressed their firm conviction that the progress of mankind and the further development of socialism can be successfully realized only in conditions of the preservation of general peace, on the basis of consistent implementation of the principles of peaceful coexistence of states with different social systems, and in constant struggle against the reactionary and imperialist forces that stubbornly try to hinder the stabilization of peace and progress throughout the world. Both sides expressed their profound concern with regard to the constantly deteriorating world situation, which represents a direct threat to peace throughout the world. They emphasized that the present aggravation of the international situation is a result of the attempts of the most reactionary forces to preserve or regain their imperialist positions by means of aggression and armed intervention against the freedom and independence of peoples and the territorial integrity of other countries. Proceeding from the Leninist principle of the peaceful co-existence of states with different social systems, both countries actively support general and complete disarmament, the prevention of the further spread of nuclear weapons in any form, the prohibition of all nuclear weapons tests, the creation of denuclearized zones in various parts of the world, the reaching of an agreement on prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons, the dismantling of foreign military bases on the territory of other countries, the withdrawal of all foreign troops to within their own national boundaries, and other partial measures and proposals that could facilitate the creation of a more favorable atmosphere for general and complete disarmament. Both sides attach great importance to the idea of calling an inter national disarmament conference, which has also been supported by the United Nations. The aggressive actions of the United States of America against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the open military intervention in South Vietnam represent a serious danger of expansion of the armed conflict in Southeast Asia and a threat to peace throughout the world. Both sides condemn this armed aggression, express their profound concern and demand the immediate cessation of hostilities against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, which are a gross violation of the 1954 Geneva agreement.38 They stressed their solidarity with the just struggle of the Vietnamese people, which at present is meeting with increasingly broad understanding and support throughout the world. In connection with the armed intervention on the territory of the Dominican Republic, both sides fully support the demands of the people of the Dominican Republic for the immediate withdrawal of American troops and the cessation of foreign interference in the internal affairs of that country. The sides note with satisfaction that today, together with the socialist countries, many countries that are pursuing a policy of nonalignment, which is winning increasing international recognition, are waging an active struggle for a radical improvement in the international situation and for the consolidation of peace. This policy, which was manifested in particular at the Cairo conference of nonaligned countries, is increasingly asserting itself as an important and powerful factor in the struggle for peace, against colonialism, aggressive policies and all forms of inequality between states. Both sides agreed that safeguarding the peace in Europe is an important component of the struggle for peace. The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, which endured extremely great sacrifices in the struggle against German fascism, are vitally interested 36 Text in American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents, vol. I, pp. 750-767. 37 See American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1964, pp. 691-698. |