FDC made in the Soviet Union. The text on the FDC reads:”World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace”. The congress took place on Monday 9 July 1962, with Nikita Khruschev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Two thousand delegates from ninety countries were in attendance, with international sponsors including politicians, scientists, writers, and artists (Che Guevara, Dmitri Shostakovich, Pablo Picasso, and Jean-Paul Sartre among them) sending messages of support. The congress was also attended by delegates from non-aligned groups, including Bertrand Russell and Canon John Collins of the newly formed Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).