Gromyko Plan

The Gromyko Plan was a Soviet proposal for arms control presented during negotiations for the international control of atomic energy. In June 1946, Soviet diplomat Andrey Gromyko proposed an immediate prohibition on the manufacture and use of atomic weapons, with compliance measures to follow. This plan contrasted with the U.S. Acheson-Lilienthal Report, which called for a UN authority to control all uranium deposits and atomic research for peaceful purposes, with the U.S. relinquishing its arsenal and data once controls were established. The U.S. plan, championed by Bernard Baruch, insisted that nations not be allowed to veto atomic matters in the Security Council. The Soviet Union, however, refused to allow on-site inspections, which ultimately prevented international control of atomic energy and frustrated disarmament efforts for decades.1