On the Preparatory Commission for the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments

The article is devoted to the problem that led to the postponement of the first session of the Preparatory Commission for the Conference on the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, established on 12 July 1925, which consisted of disagreements between the States on the reduction of national armaments to a minimum compatible with national security. The reasons for the postponement of the first session of the Commission are analysed and it is concluded that, even at the time of the Commission’s creation, the prospects of commencing its work on the date set — 15 February 1926 — were problematic because of the contradictions that had developed between some countries. The United States had different conditions for its participation in the work of the Commission. The United Kingdom was interested in the participation of American representatives in connection with questions of naval armament. In connection with the assassination of V. V. Vorovsky at the Lausanne Conference in 1923. The USSR refused to send its representatives to Geneva until the Soviet-Swiss conflict had been resolved. France, supported by Italy, Japan, Czechoslovakia and Uruguay, tried to change the original date, hoping to wait for Germany to join the League. The new date for the start of the Commission’s work was set for 18 May 1926. The decision to further postpone the date, due to the absence of representatives of the USSR and the participation of Germany, as a state not belonging to the League of Nations, was not taken due to the pressure of public opinion, which negatively affected the work of the Commission

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