“Can British nuclear disarmament be safely reconciled with the unpredictable nature of international relations?”

“The same was true of various attempts made by the League of Nations during the interwar period to achieve world disarmament.”

“They had to forswear violence, to wind up their paramilitary wing and to proceed to completion with the process of disarmament.”

“In other words, the status of the disarmer was in some respects secondary to disarmament.”