Litvinov agrees. He also thinks it appropriate to say a few plain words on current issues. He suggests that I should focus attention on the thesis that ‘the world is indivisible’ (there can be no ‘western security’ without ‘eastern security’), and that the problem of security cannot be resolved through the efforts of great powers alone (the Pact of the Four!), but only through the collective efforts of big states and small states. As for the fact that disarmament is impossible in the absence of ‘eastern security’, that is best left unmentioned for the time being.