ISARMAMENT 4 cael from the beginning of the : ar age the USSR called for an end to € nuclear arms build-up and for the pro- tion of nuclear testing. 2. aN following is a summary of Soviet f $ Over the last 30 years to have nuclear “apons prohibited. ay 10, 1955: The USSR submits to a that aps mmmittee a declaration proposing A States possessing atomic and hydro- apons stop nuclear testing. sO 2 21,1957: The USSR Supreme Soviet , ay Sts that the USSR, the U.S. and Bri- @ssume the obligation to end all atomic 1958 ydrogen weapons tests on Jan. 1, ae 31, 1958: USSR Supreme Soviet ss to end all nuclear testing by the - The Soviet Union asks the other Wers to follow its example. The ~. and Britain refuse to join the Soviet m . : 5 torium and in October the USSR has Tesume testing. Sue 31, 1958: Talks open in Geneva Conc] " the USSR, the U.S. and Britain to diy Sas cement on ending nuclear ee 2 ‘1958: The USSR again halts = testing and the U.S. follows suit. ae 29, 1959: The Soviet government nuclear ces its decision .not to resume sfra: ©*Plosions if the Western powers hydr, from resuming their atomic and 8€N weapon tests. France, however, continues testing and the USSR has to can- cel its moratorium on Aug. 31, 1961. June 4, 1962: The Soviet government calls upon the U.S. not to explode nuclear devi- ces in outer space. But the United States explodes a hydrogen bomb in space on June 9, 1962. ; Aug. 5, 1963: The USSR, the U.S. and Britain’sign a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water. May 1974: During U.S. President Richard Nixon’s visit to the USSR, a Soviet- American treaty on the limitation of under- ground nuclear weapons tests is signed. Under the treaty the yield of underground epxlosions is not to exceed 150 kilotons. Although the United States refuses to ratify the document, the sides pledge to abide by it. 1975: The USSR tables a draft treaty on the universal and complete prohibition of nuclear weapons tests. May, 1976: The USSR and the U.S. con- clude a treaty on underground nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes, to regu- late such explosions. However, the U.S. has still not submitted the treaty to Congress for ratification. November, 1977: The Soviet Union states its readiness to reach an interim agreement on all nuclear weapon tests and on a morat- orium on nuclear explosions for peaceful purposes. - Test ban initiatives: Soviet Proposals began 30 years ago 1977-1980: Talks take place in Geneva, _ , On Soviet initiative, between the USSR, the ‘U.S. and Britain on the total prohibition of nuclear weapon tests. A draft treaty is virtu- ally complete when, in the closing stages of the talks, the Western negotiators walk out. 1982: The Soviet union submits draft basic provisions of a treaty on the complete and universal prohibition of nuclear wea- pon tests to the UN General Assembly. June, 1983: The Soviet Union addresses the United States, Britain, France and China with the proposal that the nuclear- armed powers should freeze their nuclear weapons quantitatively and qualitatively. A moratorium on all nuclear arms tests is also offered. Late July, 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev announces the Soviet unilateral decision to halt all nuclear explosions on Aug. 6, 1985 for six months, to remain in effect after Jan. 1, 1986 if the U.S. refrains from nuclear testing. Jan. 2, 1986: In reply to Ken Livingstone, leader of the Greater London Council, Mikhail Gorbachev speaks in favor of an immediate freeze of nuclear weapons and a total ban on their testing in perpetuity. 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