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dated April 2, 1958: Russia’s nuclear proposal

Russia has decided to go it alone and stop her nuclear tests, the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Gromyko, announced on March 31. Mr. Gromyko, addressing a joint session of the Supreme Soviet, just after being re-appointed Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, criticised Britain and America for not showing readiness to agree to ban nuclear weapons. Mr. Gromyko began by saying only three countries now possess nuclear weapons – the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union. Mr. Gromyko said the Council of Ministers proposes that as a first step the Soviet Union unilaterally cease conducting tests of all forms of nuclear weapons in the hope that Britain and the U.S. will join.

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