In a meeting between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Finnish President Mauno Koivisto on March 9, 1982, both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the 1948 Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Aid, emphasizing the strong and stable relations between their countries. They discussed economic cooperation, trade balance adjustments, and the importance of maintaining détente amid growing tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. Additionally, they exchanged views on international security, arms control, and the Madrid Conference, expressing mutual interest in continuing diplomatic collaboration and extending the treaty’s duration.

U Thant and Nikita Khrushchev met on August 5, 1963, to discuss the upcoming signing of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and broader disarmament efforts. They exchanged views on the role of the UN, non-nuclear zones, and the potential for future peace initiatives.

Soviet guidance to its ambassador in Havana on the establishment of a Latin American nuclear free zone. Soviet concerns are voiced about the possibility of the treaty impeding on the transit of nuclear weapons in large areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Zhou Enlai discusses a possible nuclear weapons free zone in Asia.

Ulbricht speaks at the Moscow Conference of Secretaries of the Central Committees of the Communist and Workers' Parties of Socialist Countries for the Exchange of Opinions on Questions Concerning the Preparation and Conclusion of a German Peace Treaty.