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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The article offers information on the two arms control talks in Geneva, Switzerland. It states that the U.S., Soviet Union, and Great Britain are making a real progress to conclude a treaty, wherein the Russians were assured by the U.S. that its nuclear explosions' projected series will be used only in perfecting the ways of small underground blast detection. It mentions that in the conference on general disarmament, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev unwrapped a package of disarmament proposals.

Information about the meeting of heads of state in Geneva, Switzerland is presented. Chairman of the event Marian Naszkowski has brought the meeting to order. Soviet representative Valerian Zori has pushed the Russians' new disarmament plan. Britain's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs David Orms-by-Gore has reopened the meeting to allow U.S. Delegate Frederick Eaton to read the new Western disarmament plan.

Comments on the implications for the gradual disintegration of the Disarmament Conference by members of the League of Nations. Efforts of the French government to retain permanent military supremacy; Citation of the success of France in avoiding any disarmament; Evaluation of the neutrality policy of the U.S. government.

Provides information on a Conference on Disarmament on September 10, 2003. Factors that have blocked progress in the United Nations arms control negotiating forum; Issues discussed at the conference.