fe:^/ years after the war, including those in the context of the United Nations 'sought the comprehensive destruction and el"inination of nuclear weapons. ITn fnrl-rrnntc l rr these initiatives d.id not succeed because of the ]'ack of mutual confid.ence between the tvo najor power bl-ocs, especially during the period of th€ cold war. one side did not wish to give up the advantage it enJoyed in nucl-ear weaponxy vhife the other was determined not to be left behind. Codsequently 'rle-ni+e 1'he rli"ar-nrcnr f allie f.hF nrr.lFer- ar'rs race continued to esca.Iate and led to the developnent of the hydrogen bomb, intercontinentaf nrissiles, orbital satellites , etc . l+3?. rn the light of the emerging nuclear stand-off betveen the two sides, some practical and less ambitious objeetives were attenptgd ' e'8.' to create a nuclear-weapon-free zone in central E\rrope, but this also failed, and the onfy redeeming ccnrj.lcretirn was the fact that in their public positions neithe" the loviet Union rror the United States ga.ve up the colDnitnent to the goal of general and conpleLe disarnarent. )+:8. nt the start of the 1960s, the United States and the USSn revived tl'leir negotiations tovard.s "general and complete d.isarmarnent", including conprehensive nuclear disarnament, and succeed.ed in reaching agreement on the principles thatr:,/ 35/39? Englisir -rinnex Pase 137 should guide their negotiatiorrs (the so-ca11ed Mccr-oy-zorin agreenent of 196r).Divergence of alproach and interest appeared almost innediately, however o asbecame apparent -["om the tuo outrines of draft treaties ror generar and conpretedisarrnament submitted by the united states and the scviet union, Efforts bythese Pouers' and later by soue non-aliGned and third r,rcrrd states, to bridge thegap betveen the tvo irositions were unsuccessfur. Attention therefire t!-rned tomore specific obJectives, such as the nuclear-test-hAn rf?FArrr +ha ^lrfa? Treaty, and the non-proli feration Treaty. rrlauJ ' luc wu!s.' space
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