THE
UNITED STATES PROGRAM
FOR
GENERAL AND COMPLETE
DISARMAMENT
IN A PEACEFUL
WORLD
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE
DEPARTMENT
OF STATE PUBLICATION 7277
Disarmament
Series 5
Released
September 1961
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of Public Services
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Introduction
The revolutionary development of modern weapons
within a world divided by serious ideological differences has produced a crisis
in human history. In order to overcome the danger of nuclear war now
confronting mankind, the United States has introduced at the Sixteenth General
Assembly of the United Nations a Program for General and Complete Disarmament
in a Peaceful World.
This new program provides for the
progressive reduction of the war-making capabilities of nations and the
simultaneous strengthening of international institutions to settle disputes and
maintain the peace. It sets forth a series of comprehensive measures which can
and should he taken in order to bring about a world in which there will be
freedom from war and security for all states. It is based on three principles
deemed essential to the achievement of practical progress in the disarmament
field:
First,
there must be immediate disarmament action: A strenuous and uninterrupted effort must be
made toward the goal of general
and complete disarmament; at the same time, it is important that specific
measures be put into effect as soon as possible.
Second,
all disarmament obligations must be subject to effective international
controls:
The control organization must have the
manpower, facilities, and effectiveness
to assure that limitations or reductions take place as agreed. It must also be
able to certify to all states that retained forces and armaments do not exceed
those permitted at any stage of the disarmament process.
Third,
adequate peace-keeping machinery must be established: There is an inseparable relationship between
the scaling down of national armaments on the one hand and the building up of
international peace-keeping machinery and institutions on the other. Nations
are unlikely to shed their means of self-protection in the absence of
alternative ways to safeguard their legitimate interests. This can only be
achieved through the progressive strengthening of international institutions
under the United Nations and by creating a United Nations Peace Force to
enforce the peace as the disarmament process proceeds.
There follows a summary of the principal
provisions of the United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament in
a Peaceful World. The full text of the program is contained in an appendix to
this pamphlet.
FREEDOM
FROM WAR
THE
UNITED STATES PROGRAM FOR
GENERAL
AND COMPLETE DISARM-
AMENT
IN A PEACEFUL WORLD
Summary
DISARMAMENT
GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
The over-all goal of the United States is a
free, secure, and peaceful world
of independent states adhering to common standards of justice and international
conduct and subjecting the use of force to the rule of law; a world which has
achieved general and complete disarmament under effective international
control; and a world in which adjustment to change takes place in accordance
with the principles of the United Nations.
In order to make possible the achievement of
that goal, the program sets forth the following specific objectives toward
which nations should direct their efforts:
* The disbanding of all national armed
forces and the prohibition of their reestablishment in any form whatsoever
other than those required to preserve internal order and for contributions to a
United Nations Peace Force;
* The elimination from national arsenals
of all armaments, including all weapons of mass destruction and the means for
their delivery, other than those required for a United Nations Peace
Force and for maintaining internal order;
* The institution of effective means
for the enforcement of international
agreements, for the settlement of disputes, and for the maintenance
of peace in accordance with the principles of the United Nations;
* The establishment and effective
operation of an International Disarmament
Organization within the framework of the United Nations to insure compliance at
all times with all disarmament obligations.
TASK
OF NEGOTIATING STATES
The negotiating states are called upon to
develop the program into a detailed
plan for general and complete disarmament and to continue their efforts without
interruption until the whole program has been achieved. To this end, they are
to seek the widest possible area of agreement at the earliest possible date. At
the same time, and without prejudice to progress on the disarmament program,
they are to seek agreement on those immediate measures that would contribute to
the common security of nations and that could facilitate and form part of the
total program.
GOVERNING
PRINCIPLES
The program sets forth a series of general
principles to guide the negotiating
states in their work. These make clear that:
* As states relinquish their arms, the
United Nations must be progressively
strengthened in order to improve its capacity to assure international
security and the peaceful settlement of disputes;
* Disarmament must proceed as rapidly
as possible, until it is completed,
in stages containing balanced, phased, and safeguarded measures;
* Each measure and stage should be
carried out in an agreed period of time, with transition from one stage to the
next to take place as soon as all measures in the preceding stage have been
carried out and verified and as soon as necessary arrangements for verification
of the next stage have been made;
* Inspection and verification must
establish both that nations carry out scheduled limitations or reductions and
that they do not retain armed forces and armaments in excess of those permitted
at any stage of the disarmament process; and
* Disarmament must take place in a
manner that will not affect adversely
the security of any state.
DISARMAMENT
STAGES
The program provides for progressive
disarmament steps to take place in three stages and for the simultaneous
strengthening of international institutions.
FIRST
STAGE
The first stage contains measures which
would significantly reduce the capabilities of nations to wage aggressive war.
Implementation of this stage would mean that:
* The nuclear threat would be reduced: All states would have adhered to a treaty
effectively prohibiting tile testing
of nuclear weapons. The production of fissionable materials for use in weapons
would be stopped and quantities of such materials from past production would be
converted to non-weapons uses.
States owning nuclear weapons would not
relinquish control of such weapons
to any nation not owning them and would not transmit to any such nation
information or material necessary for their manufacture.
States not owning nuclear weapons would no~
manufacture them or attempt to obtain control of such weapons belonging to other
states.
A Commission of Experts would be established
to report on the feasibility and means for the verified reduction and eventual
elimination of nuclear weapons stockpiles.
* Strategic delivery vehicles would he
reduced: Strategic nuclear weapons delivery vehicles
of specified categories and weapons designed to counter such vehicles would be
reduced to agreed levels by equitable and balanced steps; their production
would be discontinued or limited; their testing would be limited or halted.
* Arms and armed forces would be
reduced: The armed forces of the United States and
the Soviet Union would be limited
to 2.1 million men each (with appropriate levels not exceeding that amount for
other militarily significant states); levels of armaments would be
correspondingly reduced and their production would be limited. An Experts Commission would be established
to examine and report on the feasibility and means of accomplishing verifiable
reduction and eventual elimination of all chemical, biological and radiological
weapons.
* Peaceful use of outer space would be
promoted: The placing in orbit or stationing in outer
space of weapons capable of producing mass destruction would be prohibited.
States would give advance notification of
space vehicle and missile launchings.
* U.N. peace-keeping powers would be
strengthened: Measures would be taken to develop and
strengthen United Nations arrangements
for arbitration, for the development of international law, and for the
establishment in Stage II of a permanent U.N. Peace Force.
* An International Disarmament
Organization would be established for effective verification of the disarmament
program: Its functions would be
expanded progressively as disarmament proceeds.
It would certify to all states that agreed
reductions have taken place and
that retained forces and armaments do not exceed permitted levels. It would determine the transition from one
stage to the next.
* States would he committed to other
measures to reduce international tension and to protect against the chance of
war by accident, miscalculation, or surprise attack:
States would be committed to refrain from
the threat or use of any type of armed force contrary to the principles of the
U.N. Charter and to refrain from indirect aggression and subversion against any
country.
A U.N. peace observation group would be
available to investigate any situation
which might constitute a threat to or breach of the peace. States would be committed to give advance
notice of major military movements
which might cause alarm; observation posts would be established to report on
concentrations and movements of military forces.
SECOND
STAGE
The second stage contains a series of
measures which would bring within sight a world in which there would be freedom
from war. Implementation of all measures in the second stage would mean:
* Further substantial reductions in the
armed forces, armaments, and military establishments of states, including
strategic nuclear weapons delivery vehicles and countering weapons;
* Further development of methods for
the peaceful settlement of disputes
under the United Nations;
* Establishment of a permanent
international peace force within the United Nations;
* Depending on the findings of an
Experts Commission, a halt in the production of chemical, bacteriological, and
radiological weapons and a reduction of existing stocks or their conversion to
peaceful uses;
* On the basis of the findings of an
Experts Commission, a reduction of stocks of nuclear weapons;
* The dismantling or the conversion to
peaceful uses of certain military
bases and facilities wherever located; and
* The strengthening and enlargement of
the International Disarmament Organization to enable it to verify the steps
taken in Stage II and to determine the transition to Stage III.
THIRD
STAGE
During the third stage of the program, the
states of the world, building on
the experience and confidence gained in successfully implementing the measures
of the first two stages, would take final steps toward the goal of a world in
which:
* States would retain only those
forces, non-nuclear armaments, and establishments required for the purpose of
maintaining internal order; they would also support and provide agreed manpower
for a U.N. Peace Force.
* The U.N. Peace Force, equipped with
agreed types and quantities of armaments, would be fully functioning.
* The manufacture of armaments would be
prohibited except for those of agreed types and quantities to be used by the
U.N. Peace Force and those required to maintain internal order. All other
armaments would be destroyed or converted to peaceful purposes.
* The peace-keeping capabilities of the
United Nations would be sufficiently
strong and the obligations of all states under such arrangements
sufficiently far reaching as to assure peace and tile jus settlement
of differences in a disarmed world.
Appendix
DECLARATION
ON DISARMAMENT
THE
UNITED STATES PROGRAM FOR
GENERAL
AND COMPLETE DISARMA-
MENT
IN A PEACEFUL WORLD
The
Nations of the world,
Conscious of the crisis in human history
produced by the revolutionary development of modern weapons within a world
divided by serious ideological differences;
Determined to save present and succeeding
generations from the scourge of war and the dangers and burdens of the arms
race and to create conditions in which all peoples can strive freely and
peacefully to fulfill their basic aspirations;
Declare their goal to be: A free, secure, and
peaceful world of independent states adhering to common standards of justice
and international conduct and subjecting the use of force to the rule of law; a
world where adjustment to change takes place in accordance with the principles
of the United Nations; a world where there shall be a permanent state of
general and complete disarmament under effective international control and
where the resources of nations shall be devoted to man's material, cultural,
and spiritual advance;
Set forth as the objectives of a program of
general and complete disarmament
in a peaceful world:
(a) The disbanding of all national armed
forces and the prohibition of their
reestablishment in any form whatsoever other than those required to preserve
internal order and for contributions to a United Nations Peace Force;
(b) The elimination from national arsenals
of all armaments, including ll
weapons of mass destruction and the means for their delivery, other than those
required for a United Nations Peace Force and for maintaining internal order;
(c) The establishment and effective operation
of an International Disarmament
Organization within the framework of the United Nations to ensure compliance at
all times with all disarmament obligations;
(d) The institution of effective means for
the enforcement of international
agreements, for the settlement of disputes, and for the maintenance
of peace in accordance with the principles of the United Nations.
Call
on the negotiating states:
(a) To develop the outline program set forth
below into an agreed plan for general and complete disarmament and to continue
their efforts without interruption until the whole program has been achieved;
(b)
To this end to seek to attain the widest possible area of agreement at the
earliest possible date;
(c) Also to seek -- without prejudice to progress on the disarmament program -- agreement on those immediate measures that would contribute to the common security of nations and that could facilitate and form a part of that program.
Affirm that disarmament negotiations should
be guided by the following principles:
(a) Disarmament shall take place as rapidly
as possible until it is completed
in stages containing balanced, phased and safeguarded measures, with each
measure and stage to be carried out in an agreed period of time.
(b) Compliance with all disarmament
obligations shall be effectively verified
from their entry into force. Verification arrangements shall be instituted
progressively and in such a manner as to verify not only that agreed
limitations or reductions take place but also that retained armed forces
and armaments do not exceed agreed levels at any stage.
(c) Disarmament shall take place in a manner
that will not affect adversely the security of any state, whether or not a
party to an international
agreement or treaty.
(d) As states relinquish their arms, the
United Nations shall he progressively
strengthened in order to improve its capacity to assure international
security and the peaceful settlement of differences as well as to facilitate
the development of international cooperation in common tasks for the benefit of
mankind.
(e) Transition from one stage of disarmament
to the next shall take place as soon as all the measures in the preceding stage
have been carried out and effective verification is continuing and as soon as
the arrangements that have been agreed to be necessary for the next stage have
been instituted.
Agree
upon the following outline program for achieving general and complete disarmament:
STAGE
I
To
Establish an International Disarmament Organization:
(a) An International Disarmament
Organization (IDO) shall he established within the framework of the United
Nations upon entry into force of the agreement. Its functions shall be expanded
progressively as required for the effective verification of the disarmament
program.
(b) The IDO shall have: (1) a General
Conference of all the parties; (2) a Commission consisting of representatives
of all the major powers as permanent members and certain other states on a
rotating basis; and (3) an Administrator who will administer the Organization
subject to the direction of the Commission and who will have the authority,
staff, and finances adequate to assure effective impartial implementation of
the functions of the Organization.
(c) The IDO shall: (1) ensure compliance
with the obligations undertaken by verifying the execution of measures agreed
upon; (2) assist the states in developing the details of agreed further
verification and disarmament measures; (3) provide for the establishment of
such bodies as may be necessary for working out the details of further measures
provided for in the program and for such other expert study groups as may be
required to give continuous study to the problems of disarmament; (4) receive
reports on the progress of disarmament and verification arrangements and
determine the transition from one stage to the next.
To Reduce Armed Forces and Armaments:
(a) Force levels shall be limited to 2.1
million each for the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
and to appropriate levels not exceeding 2.1 million each for all other
militarily significant states. Reductions to the agreed levels will proceed
by equitable, proportionate, and verified steps.
(b) Levels of armaments of prescribed types
shall be reduced by equitable and balanced steps. The reductions shall be
accomplished by transfers of armaments to depots supervised by the IDO. When,
at specified periods during the Stage I reduction process, the states party to
the agreement have agreed that the armaments and armed forces are at prescribed
levels, the armaments in depots shall be destroyed or converted to peaceful
uses.
(c) The production of agreed types of
armaments shall be limited.
(d) a Chemical, Biological, Radiological
(CBR) Experts Commission shall be established within the IDO for the purpose of
examining and reporting on the feasibility and means for accomplishing the
verifiable reduction and eventual elimination of CBR weapons stockpiles and the
halting of their production.
To Contain and Reduce the Nuclear Threat:
(a) States that have not acceded to a treaty
effectively prohibiting the testing
of nuclear weapons shall do so.
(b) The production of fissionable materials
for use in weapons shall be stopped.
(c) Upon the cessation of production of
fissionable materials for use in weapons,
agreed initial quantities of fissionable materials from past production
shall be transferred to non-weapons purposes.
(d) Any fissionable materials transferred
between countries for peaceful uses of nuclear energy shall be subject to
appropriate safeguards to be developed in agreement with the IAEA.
(e) States owning nuclear weapons shall not
relinquish control of such weapons
to any nation not owning them and shall not transmit to any such nation
information or material necessary for their manufacture. States not owning
nuclear weapons shall not manufacture such weapons, attempt to obtain control
of such weapons belonging to other states, or seek or receive information or
materials necessary for their manufacture.
(f) A Nuclear Experts Commission consisting
of representatives of th nuclear
states shall be established within the IDO for the purpose of examining
and reporting on the feasibility and means for accomplishing the verified
reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons stockpiles.
To Reduce Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Vehicles:
(a) Strategic nuclear weapons delivery
vehicles in specified categories and agreed types of weapons designed to
counter such vehicles shall be reduced to agreed levels by equitable and
balanced steps. The reduction shall be accomplished in each step by transfers
to depots supervised by the IDO of vehicles that are in excess of levels agreed
upon for each step. At specified periods during the Stage I reduction process,
the vehicles that have been placed under supervision of the IDO shall be
destroyed or converted to peaceful uses.
(b) Production of agreed categories of
strategic nuclear weapons delivery vehicles and agreed types of weapons
designed to counter such vehicles shall be discontinued or limited.
(c) Testing of agreed categories of
strategic nuclear weapons delivery vehicles
and agreed types of weapons designed to counter such vehicles shall be limited
or halted.
To
Promote the Peaceful Use Of Outer Space:
(a) The placing into orbit or stationing in
outer space of weapons capable
of producing mass destruction shall be prohibited.
(b) States shall give advance notification
to participating states and to the
IDO of launchings of space vehicles and missiles, together with the track
of the vehicle.
To Reduce the Risks of War by Accident, Miscalculation, and Surprise Attack:
(a) States shall give advance notification
to the participating states
and
to the IDO of major military movements and maneuvers, on a scale as may be
agreed, which might give rise to misinterpretation or cause alarm and induce
countermeasures. The notification shall include the geographic areas to be used
and the nature, scale and time span of the event.
(b) There shall be established observation
posts at such locations as
major
ports, railway centers, motor highways, and air bases to report on
concentrations
and movements of military forces.
(c) There shall also be established such
additional inspection
arrangements
to reduce the danger of surprise attack as may be agreed.
(d) An international commission shall be
established immediately within the IDO to examine and make recommendations on
the possibility of further measures to reduce the risks of nuclear war by
accident, miscalculation, or failure of communication.
(a)States shall reaffirm their obligations
under the U.N. Charter to refrain
from the threat or use of any type of armed force-including nuclear, conventional,
or CBR--contrary to the principles of the U.N. Charter.
(b) States shall agree to refrain from
indirect aggression and subversion against any country.
(c) States shall use all appropriate
processes for the peaceful settlement
of disputes and shall seek within the United Nations further arrangements
for the peaceful settlement of international disputes and for the codification
and progressive development of international law.
(d) States shall develop arrangements in
Stage I for the establishment in Stage II of a U.N. Peace Force.
(e) A U.N. peace observation group shall be
staffed with a standing cadre of observers who could be dispatched to
investigate any situation which might constitute a threat to or breach of the
peace.
STAGE
II
A.
International Disarmament Organization:
The powers and responsibilities of the IDO
shall be progressively enlarged
in order to give it the capabilities to verify the measures undertaken
in Stage II.
B. To
Further Reduce Armed Forces and Armaments:
(a) Levels of forces for the U.S., U.S.S.R.,
and other militarily significant
states shall be further reduced by substantial amounts to agreed levels in
equitable and balanced steps.
(b) Levels of armaments of prescribed types
shall be further reduced by equitable and balanced steps. The reduction shall
be accomplished by transfers of armaments to depots supervised by the IDO.
When, at specified periods during the Stage II reduction process, the parties
have agreed that the armaments and armed forces are at prescribed levels, the
armaments in depots shall be destroyed or converted to peaceful uses.
(c) There shall he further agreed
restrictions on the production of armaments.
(d) Agreed military bases and facilities
wherever they are located shall he dismantled or converted to peaceful uses.
(e) Depending upon the findings of the
Experts Commission on CBR weapons, the production of CBR weapons shall be
halted, existing stocks progressively reduced, and the resulting excess
quantities destroyed or converted to peaceful uses.
C. To
Further Reduce the Nuclear Threat:
Stocks of nuclear weapons shall be
progressively reduced to the minimum levels which can be agreed upon as a
result of the findings of the Nuclear Experts Commission; the resulting excess
of fissionable material shall be transferred to peaceful purposes.
D. To
Further Reduce Strategic Nuclear Weapons Delivery Vehicles:
Further reductions in the stocks of
strategic nuclear weapons delivery vehicles
and agreed types of weapons designed to counter such vehicles shall be carried
out in accordance with the procedure outlined in Stage I.
E. To
Keep the Peace:
During Stage II, states shall develop
further the peace-keeping processes of the United Nations1 to the end that the
United Nations can effectively in Stage III deter or suppress any threat or use
of force in violation of the purposes and principles of the United Nations:
(a) States shall agree upon strengthening
the structure, authority, and operation
of the United Nations so as to assure that the United Nations will be able
effectively to protect states against threats to or breaches of the peace.
(b) The U.N. Peace Force shall be
established and progressively strengthened.
(c) States shall also agree upon further
improvements and developments in rules of international conduct and in
processes for peaceful settlement of disputes and differences.
STAGE
III
By the time Stage II has been completed, the
confidence produced through a verified disarmament program, the acceptance of
rules of peaceful international behavior, and the development of strengthened
international peace-keeping processes within the framework of the U.N. should
have reached a point where the states of the world can move forward to Stage
III. In Stage III progressive controlled disarmament and continuously
developing principles and procedures of international law would proceed to a
point where no state would have the military power to challenge the progressively
strengthened U.N. Peace Force and all international disputes would be settled
according to the agreed principles of international conduct.
The progressive steps to be taken during the
final phase of the disarmament
program would be directed toward the attainment of a world in which:
(a) States would retain only those forces,
non-nuclear armaments, and establishments required for the purpose of
maintaining internal order; they would also support and provide agreed manpower
for a U.N Peace Force.
(b) The U.N. Peace Force, equipped with
agreed types and quantities of armaments, would be fully functioning.
(c) The manufacture of armaments would be
prohibited except for those of agreed types and quantities to be used by the
U.N. Peace Force and those required to maintain internal order. All other
armaments would be destroyed or converted to peaceful purposes.
(d) The peace-keeping capabilities of the
United Nations would be sufficiently
strong and the obligations of all states under such arrangements
sufficiently far-reaching as to assure peace and the just settlement
of differences in a disarmed world.
Source:
Freedom from War 1961 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1961 O---609147 http://www.mikenew.com/pub7277.html
reprint
done by the John Birch Society
Comments:
So,
in 1961, our State Department issued Freedom from War with a one world
government run by the U.N. as the solution to nuclear war. When we finish laughing, we should reflect on
the fact that this plan is still being implemented. Our entire government acts like the big
computer. In the 1983 movie, War Games, control for our defense is given to a
NORAD supercomputer,
WOPR (War Operation
Plan Response),WOPR. It continues to play and continues to cost us
trillions invested to eventually enslave us
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader.
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