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The article focuses on the refusal of Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to adhere with the suggestions of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) chiefs for a conference on disarmament. It says that Gromyko rejects the idea of renewed Russian participation in the Disarmament Commission of the United Nations (U.N.). It adds that Gromyko suggests for a special disarmament session to all members of the U.S. General Assembly or a disarmament session between capitalists and Socialist countries.

The article reports on the plan of Russian Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev to attend the special session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on disarmament to be held in Manhattan, New York City in the spring of 1961. Khrushchev has revealed his plan at the summit meeting of Communist leaders. It notes that Khrushchev has expressed his eagerness to meet U.S. President John F. Kennedy.