Editorial Note
In a circular airgram of August 16, directed to the Missions in Bern, Stockholm, Brussels, The Hague, Rome, and Oslo, and repeated to twenty-two other Missions in Europe, the Department reviewed the steps taken to secure the establishment of trade controls similar to those used in the United States to prevent the export and transshipment of atomic energy materials to countries and areas under Soviet domination. The airgram further presented detailed instructions to guide the Missions in making approaches to the governments of the Organization of European Economic Cooperation looking toward the establishment of suitable controls over the export of atomic energy items. For the text of the airgram, see volume i , under the international control of atomic energy.