Word: disarmement
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...then we scrapped it. Then, with the coming of World War II, we built up what became the world's greatest military establishment; and again we scrapped it. Then, when the Korean war came, we had to build the third time. This time we do not propose to disarm ourselves unless we can be sure that others are doing the same...
...Politburo has presented a living, breathing character to our gaze and, from what has so far been revealed to us, one could lose him any day anywhere between the Atlantic and Pacific at a businessman's luncheon, a political rally or a baseball game . . . The best way to disarm an American is to make him laugh...
...defense were at the same rate as Russia's, considering the huge gap between the Soviet and U.S. economies, it would amount to $150 billion per year-almost four times the current U.S. rate. The U.S. wants first to probe the genuineness of the Russian desire to disarm, and secondly to be ready to argue the complex technical details if the desire proves real...
...could: 1) offer to disarm to any limit the other powers would be willing to go to under strict regulation; 2) propose to ban mass-destruction weapons if others would agree to cheat-proof supervision and inspection; 3) suggest that the United States would agree with others and with adequate guarantees of compliance to limit the proportion of key resources that could be used for arms so that more could go into peaceful goods; 4) reiterate the right of civilized peoples everywhere to governments of their own choosing, at free elections, by secret ballot and without outside interference; 5) emphasize...
...would be difficult to imagine a more antiscientific and rotten 'theory' and one that would more disarm our people," said the editor of Pravda last week, in a long article calling for a return to the "Stalin economic theory" of full emphasis on heavy (i.e., war) industry. On the same day, the Moscow newspapers carried two sentences on their back pages announcing Mikoyan's resignation from the Ministry of Trade. Nothing was said about his giving up his place on the Party Presidium or his job as a Deputy Premier, but more may be heard of that...