Disarmament
Sir, —The argument on which the aim of disarmament is based—that in view of the slaughter and destruction in so-called “conventional" wars and of the difficulty of preventing conventional wars, cnee started, from developing into a ■nuclear war, nothing less than the complete abolition of the means of waging war of . any kind is necessary—is indeed a momentous statement, coming as it does from high-ranking statesmen and confirming the pacifist standpoint. It should silence al! nonsense of “defence.” military or civil. The Queen recently told villagers in a Pakistan back-block that mankind hates war. On the same day it was reported from the other side of the globe that Britain had budgeted £1650 million for the preparation of conventional and nuclear war.—Yours, etc., UNCONDITIONAL DISARMAMENT. March 21, 1961.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29469, 22 March 1961, Page 8
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