Khrushchev proposes a unilateral reduction of armaments and personnel of the armed forces, promoting a more positive international image while still maintaining strong defense capabilities.
December 26, 1959
CC CPSU Plenum Protocol, 'About the Measures of the Soviet Government Aimed at the Reduction of Iternational Tension'
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# Pl. 15 Special Dossier
Excerpt from protocol no. 15 of meeting of Plenum CC of 26 December 1959
About the measures of the Soviet Government aimed at the reduction of international tension.
To approve the measures aimed at the reduction of international tension, outlined in the note of com. Khrushchev N.S. of 8 December 1959 and in his report to the CC Plenum.
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CPSU Plenum approves Khrushchev's proposals for unilateral reduction of armaments and personnel of the armed forces.
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Center for the Storage of Contemporary Documentation (TsKhSD), f. 2, op. 1, d. 416, ll. 1-11; translation by Vladislav M. Zubok (National Security Archive)
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