Genoa Conference

Genoa Conference, 1922, an international conference the purpose of which was to establish commercial and diplomatic relations with the Communist regime in Russia. All the European nations and the self-governing British dominions—a total of 34 nations—were present. The United States declined to participate officially.

The conference was a total failure. Russia was asked to pay war debts of the Czarist regime and to restore confiscated foreign property. Instead, Russia presented counterclaims and asked for a large loan. Moreover, Russia and Germany signed a treaty at Rapallo that aroused fear and suspicion among the other European nations. ( [Treaty of 1922].)