’ MONMUUOGOUEANUEDAGUAUONAOEOEONGONOUROEOEDOOGEOEUOUGEOEGOEOEUEUGCOUQZUOUGEGEEGOUGEGEAEUELUEQOGOUOUGEUOCOUOEOUGUCUUOUOUOEOEUEUOUOUOEQEDEGUUECUEUAUEUCOCQEOUAUUEOUUEUOUGEOUOEOOGOUOEOEOEDECOOOUOEQEUOUOEOOUEOUOUOEOUOUOOCOUGEDOOUROLOGOSUOOOUOEOEOEEED== Peace brings well-being ay Prime Minister, PAdies and Gentlemen, # lay I welcome you cordially at this ® et-Canadian meeting. We have Ade no short journey from Moscow /Vttawa, traversing a large part of ope and the Atlantic Ocean to meet nth Canadians. Despite the consider- le distance between the shores of our #Mtries, however, we consider our- uyes to be neighbors. Mr. Trudeau, “en he was in Moscow in May, re- ted to the Soviet Union as Canada’s ®thern neighbor. In my understand- You, our Canadian friends, when ® think of the Soviet Union, do not stely associate our country with the Sts of Siberia, but rather turn to it your minds by way of the shortest Yute across the North Pole and the cue Ocean, where our countries are iy divided by the boundaries of others. , frefore those in the Soviet Union a hold Canada to be their northern “ghbor. | at is apparent that this will be no or- ! qty year in the history of Soviet- qeadian relations. The aspiration \difested on both sides for a widen- et cooperation has enabled us to jelize in various spheres of our rela- rs a number of important steps 0Se significance, we hope, will not finest but rather augment, with pete growing ties and contacts be- fen our countries permit us to know J, 220ther better and to find the ways 1" forms of cooperation which will to ht greatest extent correspond to the 7 hy rests of the peoples of both coun- Jp... 224 to their aspirations for pro- 7°“Ss and for a peaceful future. ener we speak of this we naturally : Viet ito account the fact that the So- 7;,° Union and Canada belong to dif- J tent social and economic systems. | mace there can and do occur differ- | bis in the ways in which our coun- Ty,,.,2Ppraise and approach various },c°ld events, as well as matters of in- al development in both countries. iy wus, however, cannot be an obstacle \ the development of Soviet-Canadian heeration for the lessening of inter- ¢ Onal tension and for the promotion fq €xtensive trade and other forms of en omic relations. Soviet-Canadian th homie, scientific and technical ex- Ny, 18es could be developed with regard dh the international division of labor hogy vith regard for the position which Ti). Countries occupy correspondingly A d systems. Uni. the same time, both the Soviet ion? and Canada, like any other na- Na: Sengaged in international trade, are tho tally concerned that this trade Ji 2d be on a stable footing and that th Should expand as the economies of lig, Ountries involved grow. This tm -28 of course that it must be based ity Stable system of foreign exchange "on a system which does not com- pel some countries to pay for it by slow- ing down their economic development, by curtailing their commercial opera- tions, by increasing unemployment on account of the economic miscalculations of others. This is all the more unac- ceptable when these miscalculations are not due to chance circumstances, but are in fact rendered inevitable by the pursuit of policies creating focuses of tension and conflict in various parts of the world. — Those who pursue such policies still maintain that an end to the arms race and limitation of military expenditure will create even greater difficulties for the economies of the western countries. But to accept this argument is to accept the fatal inevitability of unceasing growth of military expenditure and arms production in the world and, hence, the constantly growing danger of war. It is known, however, that war eco- nomies can give only a temporary stim- ulus to employment and business activ- ity. An unlimited expansion of the pro- duction of war materials inevitably leads to disorganization of the economy, to the rupturing of international econo- mic links, to an increase in world ten- sion. No country, no matter how rich, ean afford to squander a great propor- tion of its global social product on unproductive schemes, because, In the figure of speech used by Karl Marx, «in economic terms this is tanta- mount to a nation throwing part of its capital into the water.’ : Economic calculations done in coun- tries of the West show that even in the most militarized capitalistic states disarmament would not create econo- mic difficulties if the released means and resources were switched over to - peaceful requirements. Transition of economy of the most developed Dates fon military to peaceful orientation was virtually achieved after World War II, when the world expend- ed about half of its resources for arma- ment purposes. That was a more rapid redistribution of resources and a more fundamental restructing of industry than would be required now to imple- - ment measures for retarding and limit- ing the arms race initially. 3) Therefore, in proposing termination of the arms race, curtailment of mili- tary expenditures and introduction of disarmament measures, the Soviet gov- ernment is naturally not motivated by mere good intentions, but by the real possibility of putting these proposals into effect. The senselessness of the arms race became quite evident when people un- derstood that in our time the use of force in the world cannot resolve vex- ing problems, nor can It effect enrich- ment of some countries at the price of enslavement and robbing of others. Could Canada, for example, count on enhancing her own well-being by seiz- ing alien territories and subjugating (Toast proposed by Soviet premier A. N. Kosygin at the Rideau Club luncheon in Ottawa on October 19, 1971 y) other peoples? Of course she could not, nor could any other country. The times of colonial usurpations are past. More- over, relapses to a policy of coloniza- tion encounter decisive opposition from peoples and from all peace-loving states. Is not this reflected in the heroic epic of the Vietnamese and in the struggle for freedom and independence waged by patriots of other countries of Indo- china? It is also reflected in the strug- gle of the peoples of Arab countries for the liberation of Arab territories occu- pied by Israel. The alignment of forces in the mod- ern world, the present level of arma- ment of governments, the growth of the scientific and technical revolution— all of this convinces us again and again that the solution to contemporary inter- national problems can and must be found through the lessening of ten- sions, a strengthening of the security of nations and the development of broad international cooperation. There is no other choice if we are not to head consciously towards war. Therefore, the Soviet Union favors not merely normal relations, but good relations, with countries representing different social systems, wherever this may be possible. We support the devel- opment of cooperation with them not only in the sphere of economic, scien- tific and cultural exchanges but also in the sphere of the strengthening of peace. At yesterday’s dinner, given by the Canadian government, the necessity for the joint action of governments to re- solve the problems which burden the modern world, was already noted. The involvement of the Soviet Union and Canada in many international processes _ underlines yet further the importance and usefulness of close cooperation be- . tween us, especially-since we have a common approach to the problems of lessening tensions in world, disarma- ment, collective security and broad in- ternational cooperation. I would like to express my confidence that the overall result of our meetings and negotiations with Prime Minister Trudeau, and other members of the Canadian government, will be the strengthening of mutual trust and the enhancement of mutual understanding between the Soviet Union and Canada. I think that the business-like and con- structive exchange of ideas which is taking place here, in Ottawa, on all questions of interest to the Soviet Union and Canada, justifies this con- fidence. I propose a toast to fruitful Soviet- Canadian cooperation, to neighborly re- lations between our countries, to their joint contribution to the strengthening of peace and international security! To the Prime Minister of Canada and Mrs. Trudeau, to the ministers and to all Canadian guests present! 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