Editorial Note

The meetings of the Working Committee of the Commission for Conventional Armaments held during the period May 18–August 9, 1950, were devoted in large part to the discussion of four working papers presented by the United States: (1)S/C.3/SC.3/23, “General Views on Item 3 (‘Safeguards’) of the Plan of Work adopted by the Commission,” May 18, 1950; for text, see Department of State Bulletin, June 12, 1950, pages 957–958, or Documents on Disarmament, volume I, pages 233-235; (2) S/C.3/SC.3/24, “Proposed Conventional Armaments Administration,” June 22, 1950; for text, see ibid., pages 235-239; (3) S/C.3/SC.3/25, “General Views on the Nature and Scope of Military Safeguards—Information on Military and Para-Military Establishments to be Reported, Inspected, and Verified,” July 13, 1950; for text, see ibid., pages 240–247; (4) S/C.3/SC.3/26, “General Views on the Nature and Scope of ‘Industrial Safeguards’—Safeguards Through Industrial Information,” July 13, 1950; for text, see ibid., pages 247-248.

The progress report of the Working Committee (S/C.3/43), not published, including summary records of meetings and working papers considered, was transmitted to the Commission on August 9. In its report to the Security Council, S/1690, August 15, not published, the Commission transmitted the report of the Working Committee and the summary records of its own meetings. The Security Council took no action with respect to the report of the CCA during the remainder of 1950.