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Focuses on a conference on the limitation of intercontinental ballistic missiles held in Washington D.C. in November 1921. Information on a speech delivered by United States President Warren G. Harding during the conference; Appraisal of arms race in the twentieth century; Significance of the conference to U.S. citizens; Overview of social issues related to the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the world.

Focuses on preparations for the holding of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Claim of the administration of U.S. President Warren Harding that it was ahead of Senator William Borah in proposing a "naval holiday," a temporary ban on the construction of warships; Foreign governments invited by Harding to discuss the situation in the Far East; Responses of the governments of Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy.

Reveals British public opinion ahead of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Concerns for future relations of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and China; Differences between Canada and Australia over the Anglo-Japanese alliance; Need to protect China's interests against Japanese designs.

Comments on the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Significance for Europe and the United States; U.S. interest in land and naval armaments; Issues in Europe and the Far East to be tackled in the conference; Test of American good faith; Anglo-American cooperation; Creation of a Supreme Council for the Far East.

This article presents news including the discussed possible approaches to the disarmament negotiations in Geneva on March 14, 1962, a communication program that is part of the U.S. space program to connect the continents of the world in a network of telephone and television channels so that the entire world can watch live events as they happen, and a special tax that President John F. Kennedy has requested on cotton goods to offset the difference between the support price that U.S. mills pay for domestic raw cotton and the price paid by foreign mills for the same cotton.

Describes the signing this week in Paris of the most comprehensive disarmament agreement since the Treaty of Versailles ended World War I. Massive cutbacks in weaponry and conventional forces; New strategic equation; Restructuring of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Withdrawal of Soviet troops; New collective security arrangements. INSET: Why Mons has mixed feelings, by R. Knight..

Focuses on the 1978 United Nations Special Session on Disarmament, the first such world conference of governments since the end of World War II. Reasons behind the public's lack of interest on the event; Reason behind the low profile being maintained by United States President Jimmy Carter with regards to the issue of disarmament; Factors that influence Carter's arms policy.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. 'Absolute Priority,' which discussed the 1978 United Nations Special Session on Disarmament; "Feckless in Shaba," which discussed the implications of the 1978 political instability in Zaire.

Presents the statement and report of activities of the New York Council for the Limitation of Armament in relation to the International Conference held in Washington. Gains from the conference; Gains in the Far East; Shanting Settlement; Failures of public opinion; Responsibility given to the press; Composition and task of the advisory committee; Formation of citizen groups; Outline of council activities.

Traces the development of the rules of warfare. Futility of the Catholic Church's bans on weapons innovations such as the cross-bow and the musket; Employment of submarine against merchant shipping; Practice of making regulations in peace time, when science and invention are busily preparing for the next war; Holding of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments.

Reveals Japanese public opinion ahead of the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Criticism of Japanese actions in China; Claim that Japan is bent on a policy of "Asia for the Asiatics"; Opposition to the Anglo-Japanese alliance.

Reveals what France seeks to obtain from the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments. Need to take her place as an equal among the great powers meeting in the U.S. capital; France's concerns for land disarmament and about developments in the Far East; Economic burden of maintaining a huge, idle army during peace time.

Information about the Strategy for Peace Conference held in Harriman, New York on June 11, 1960 is presented. Improvement of disarmament policy is discussed as technological revolution for weapons has threatened national security of Western societies. Investments amounting to 100 million dollars for arms control contracts are being planned by the Defense Department.

The article reports on the arms equality demanded by the Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler in October 1933, who threatened to leave the League of Nations and walked out of the Disarmament Conference. It says that the moves of Germany sent German bonds down and created a demand for munitions stocks. According to the author, it is generally felt abroad that Hitler planned the move as part of a domestic strategy. The informal negotiations encouraged by Premier Benito Mussolini are also discussed.

Information about several hightlights of the summit meeting on disarmament issues in Geneva, Switzerland is presented. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower learned the effort of the West and the East to come up with a workable way to survive in the H-bomb age. Geneva convinced Eisenhower on the plan of Moscow to restrain Red China from reckless adventures. All disarmament proposals were passed on to the permanent disarmament committee of the United Nations.

Interviews Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr. about the issues discussed at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament. Why the conference is still deadlocked and has not agreed on a work program since 1998; Reason for United States' lack of support for negotiations on the prevention of an arms race in outer space; Why Grey described the pursuit of negotiations on an arms race in outer space as unwise and unrealistic.

Interviews Ambassador Robert T. Grey, Jr., the United States (US) representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) in October 1997 about CD. Reasons for the success of CD in 1997; Effect of the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests on the conference; Position of the US regarding the fissile material treaty.

Focuses on the Eighteen National Disarmament Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland. Information on two treaties discussed in the event, including a pact that would ban underground nuclear testing; Goal of the conference; Impact of the potential results of the conference on relationships among nations of the world.

Presents the position of nuclear powers America, Britain, France and Russia on the nuclear test ban treaty to be discussed at the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Hydronuclear experiments by weapons scientists; Secret tests at Los Alamos and British nuclear weapons laboratory; Jason report and Los Alamos report on nuclear tests published by US; Possibility of hydronuclear experiments by nuclear nations.

Comments on the holding of a disarmament conference in Washington D.C. Presents of expatriates and foreign visitors in the city; Establishment of colonies in the city; Experience of William Hard, a British resident, of living in the city; Obligations of the conference delegates and the people of the host city.

The article provides an outlook for international affairs of interest to the business community in 1950. The U.S. State Department is reportedly planning to remove all speculation about the possibility of a world disarmament conference. London, England and Paris, France are said to be concerned about U.S. aid for southeast Asia. The British Labor party is targeting the middle-class vote in its campaign.

Information about the topics discussed during the international conference on disarmament that was held in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland is presented. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk revealed to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and other delegates the decision of the U.S. not to withdraw its armed forces in West Berlin and to pursue war. Few neutral leaders recognized the dangers posed by an inefficient disarmament program.

The article reports on the efforts of Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev to encourage U.S. President John F. Kennedy to make a summit in 1962 out of the 18-nation disarmament negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland. Although Kennedy rejected the proposal for making the summit, he also informs Khrushchev he would personally attend the disarmament conference unless and until their is a real progress that has been developed. The author cites the possibility that the Soviet Primier may try to persuade Kennedy to go to Geneva.

The article offers information on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between negotiators of the U.S. and the Soviet Union related to disarmament held in Helsinki, Finland and Vienna, Austria. It informs that the SALT began in December 1969. It is stated that the only thing which negotiators from both sides have agreed is the improvement of the hot line between Washington(D.C.)and Moscow, Russia. It says that the U.S. has proposed a flat limit on the number of nuclear delivery systems.

The article looks at U.S. politics and government, as of December 1929. It discusses problems facing U.S. President Herbert Hoover, citing what the author describes his weak leadership in the political debate over tariff legislation and opposition to his remarks about the World Court. It criticizes the administration's sending of a message to the Soviet and Chinese governments calling on them to abide by the Kellogg-Briand peace pact. It looks at the international naval conference planned for 1930 in London, England, discussing disagreements among England, France, and the U.S. over disarmament proposals to be considered there.

This section offers international news briefs on the business sector as of December 1927 including the Preparatory Disarmament conference in Genewa, Switzerland, the treaty between France and Yugoslavia to refrain from attacking or invading each other, and the Franco-German foreign trade treaty.