Armament > Memorandum relating to the Italian proposals for qualitative limitation (Conf. D. 81)

LN. IX
Official No.: Conf. O. 106
Geneva, April 9th, 1932.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Conference for the reduction and limitation
of armaments
MEMORANDUM RELATING TO THE ITALIAN PROPOSALS
FOR QUALITATIVE LIMITATION
(Conf. D. 81)
April 3rd, 1932.
I.
In document Conf. D. 81, dated February 19th last, the Italian delegation submitted
the following proposals to the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments :
In the sphere of land armaments:
(1) Abolition of heavy artillery of every kind ;
(2) Abolition of tanks of every kind.
In the sphere of naval armaments:
(1) Simultaneous abolition of capital ships and submarines ;
(2) Abolition of aircraft-carriers.
In the sphere of air armaments:
Abolition of bombing-aircraft.
In every sphere:
(1) Abolition of aggressive chemical and bacteriological weapons of every kind ;
(2) Revision of the laws of war with a view to the more complete and effective
protection of the civil population.
In the opinion of the Italian delegation, these proposals constitute an indivisible organic
plan, in the sense that abolition should embrace all the war material mentioned above. This
material could be scrapped, either immediately or by stages, within a period to be determined.
Series of League of Nations Publications
S. d. N. 3.330 (F.). 2.475 (A.). 4/32. Imp. du J. de G.
IX. DISARMAMENT
1932. IX. 32.