Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, National Security Affairs, Foreign Economic Policy, Volume I

Editorial Note

The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives conducted hearings between October 6 and October 21, 1949, which devoted detailed consideration to the status of atomic weapons in the defense posture of the United States. Thirty-six individuals who served or who had served in important military or civilian governmental positions presented testimony. For the record of these proceedings, see The National Defense Program—Unification and Strategy; Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States House of Representatives (81st Cong., 1st sess.).