The Sidney herald., 1963-11-13
Blueprint for Peace-A Threat to Gun Ownership?
Reprinted August 1868, ISSUE Sports Afield Ma gazine

Of the proposed treaty. you don't know the half
of IT, It is far than I've been able 10 reveal
in few words.
The treaty outlines three-phase disarmament
plan All parties to the treaty would agree to do
away for all practical purposes, with their entire
military forces and all ornaments within period
of something six years. The only military
force, as such, remaining would exist only to be
placed at the disposal of the United Nations COM
mand. This would be called Peace Force" AS
the treaty puts it, py the final stage of the plan
"Parties to the Treaty would complete the reduc-
ton of their force levels, dsband systems of re-
serve forces cause to be diSbanded organlzatlonal
arrangements comprising and supporting their
national military establishment and terminate the
employment of civilian personnel associated with
the foregoing" There are vague provisions Tor
retaining ornaments for forces which parties to
the treaty would be permitted to retain to main
tain internal order and protect the personal Sc
curiy of their citizens. Dictator states don't dare
permit an armed citizenry. 1t is likely that the
administrators of the proposed treaty would per-
NIT United States citizens to have weapons?
Some members of Congress have since indicated
that this treaty does not include sporting weapons
II doesn't mention sporting weapons specifically
nor does it exclude them. II would be exceedingly
naive to expect specific mention of sporting wed
pons. However. if you read the treaty you can
see that these can easily be included after the
treaty is put into force. But from that time on an
aroused American public wont mean much. The
treaty does refer TO all ornaments. with certain
exceptions for what is apparently police force.
Subject to agreed requirements for non-nuclear
armaments of agreed types for national forces re-
CURED TO maintain inxernal order and project the
personal security of citizens. the Parties TO the
Treaty would eliminate all ornaments remaining
at their disposal at the end of Stage H.. Well be
told that sporting weapons not included in the
treaty terms. Then try to get sporting weapons
Carefully defned) excluded and see how far you
get.
The United States presented this treaty, refer
red to as an "Outline of Basic Provisions of a
Treaty on General and Complete Disarmament in
Peaceful World" at the 17-nation Disarmament
Conference in Geneva. Reports coming out of
Geneva would indicate that the negotiations are
concerned with nuclear weapons only, but this by
no means reflects the thinking behind the entire
disarmament picture revealed in the treaty
proposed by our government.
The provisions of the treaty are found in sell
aforementioned government publication "Blue-
print for the Peace Race = Outline of the Basic
Provisions of Treaty on General and Complete
Disarmament in a Peaceful World" 1t is United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Publication 4, General Series 3, released in May
1862. 1t has been available from the Supernten-
dent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing
Office, Washington Is, DC. price, BOG.