Press conference of N.S. Khrushchev on the draft of the Disarmament Treaty (1960)

Views of the Moscow Kremlin.

View of the dome of the Sverdlovsk Hall of the Moscow Kremlin, foreign journalists before the press conference of N.S. Khrushchev. N.S. Khrushchev, USSR Minister of Foreign Affairs A.A. Gromyko enter the hall.

The journalists stand up and applaud.

Khrushchev applauds in response.

Khrushchev and his aides take their seats, Gromyko opens the press conference.

Journalists prepare to take notes.

Khrushchev reads the text of the opening statement, speaks about the reasons for the press conference, about the main provisions of the treaty on general disarmament, about the disruption of the meeting of the heads of four powers due to the fault of the American government (synchronously).

Journalists take notes and take photographs.

View of the press conference hall.

Journalists take notes.

View of the Sverdlovsk Hall during the press conference.

Faces of journalists.

Khrushchev continues his speech, talks about the need to eliminate military bases on foreign territories and about implementing other disarmament measures (synchronously), journalists take notes in notebooks.

Journalists laugh at Khrushchev's joke.

Views and panorama of the press conference hall.

Khrushchev makes his closing remarks (synchronously).

Faces of journalists asking Khrushchev questions.

Khrushchev listens to another question.

Journalists in the press conference hall.

Khrushchev answers a question about the statement of the USSR Minister of Defense about the destruction of aircraft that violated the airspace of the USSR and the strikes on takeoff bases (synchronously), journalists take notes in notebooks.

Khrushchev's face.

Journalists in the press conference hall.

Khrushchev talks about the statement of the US State Department about the actions of the US towards its allies, condemns this statement (synchronously), journalists listen to Khrushchev, take notes in notebooks.

The participants of the press conference applaud Khrushchev.

Khrushchev speaks at a press conference, Gromyko sits next to him.

Khrushchev speaks about delivering a retaliatory strike against American military bases in Europe (synchronously).

The participants of the press conference applaud Khrushchev.

Khrushchev listens to a question from a correspondent of the newspaper "Pravda".

The face of one of the foreign journalists.

Khrushchev speaks about the prospect and necessity of a summit meeting, about signing a peace treaty with Germany (synchronously), the faces of the journalists.

View of part of the press conference hall.

The faces of the journalists.

Khrushchev finishes his speech, gesticulates, sits down.

The journalists applaud Khrushchev.