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DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY

A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS

1919-55

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT

Pursuant to Senate Resolution 93, and Continued by
Senate Resolution 185, Eighty-fourth Congress

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

WALTER F. GEORGE, Georgia, Chairman

THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, Rhode Island ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT

[Created pursuant to S. Res. 93, and continued by S. Res. 185, 84th Cong.]
HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, Minnesota, Chairman

HARRY F. BYRD, Virginia 1
JOHN J. SPARKMAN, Alabama
JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island 1
STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri 1

3

STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire
ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin
BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa

LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts !

WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, California

JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio 1

CARL MARCY, Chief of Staff

FRANCIS R. VALEO, Staff Director

1 Appointed by the Vice President to serve with the subcommittee.

? On loan from the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress. 3 Vacancy.

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Preface.....

CONTENTS

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XV

PART I. DISARMAMENT: HISTORICAL

BACKGROUND (1919-45)

1. Limitation of the Armaments of Germany: The Treaty of Versailles,

June 28, 1919 (excerpt)--.

2. Peace Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the Russian

Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, October 14, 1920 (excerpt) _ - .

3. Treaty on Limitation of Naval Armaments, Washington, February 6,

1922...

4. Convention between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Soci-

alist Federal Soviet Republic, June 1, 1922 (excerpt).

5. Convention on the Limitation of Armaments of Central American

States, Washington, February 7, 1923-

6. Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, London, April 22,

1930.

7. Limitation of Naval Armament, London, March 25, 1936.

8. Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits, July 20, 1936.

9. Limitation of Naval Armament and the Exchange of Information

Concerning Naval Construction: Agreement between the United

Kingdom and Germany, London, July 17, 1937 (excerpt) - - -

10. Limitation of Naval Armament and Exchange of Information con-

cerning Naval Construction: Agreement between the United

Kingdom and the Soviet Union, July 17, 1937 (excerpt) – –

PART II. PROBLEMS OF DISARMAMENT AND

SECURITY

A. The General Problem (1919-55)

RELATIONSHIP OF DISARMAMENT, SECURITY AND

PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

11. Disarmament and Security: Resolution XIV of the League of Na-

tions General Assembly, September 27, 1922.

12. The Kellogg-Briand Pact for the Renunciation of War, August 27,

1928...

13. The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941-

14. Declaration by United Nations, January 1, 1942..

15. Declaration by the President of the United States, the Prime Minister

of the United Kingdom, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Wash-

ington, November 15, 1945...

16. Principles Governing the General Regulation and Reduction of

Armaments: Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly,

December 14, 1946.

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17. Essentials of Peace: Resolution of the United Nations General

Assembly, December 1, 1949-

84

18. Peace Through Deeds: Resolution of the United Nations General

Assembly, November 17, 1950.

85

19. Essential Principles for a Disarmament Program: United States

proposal in United Nations Disarmament Commission, April 24,

1952.

20. Declaration of Promotion of World Peace and Cooperation: Final

Communique of Asian-African (Bandung) Conference, April 24,

1955 (excerpt)....