Policy of the United States With Respect to Atomic Energy and the Regulation of Armaments; President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” Proposal of December 8, 1953; Other Foreign Policy Aspects of U.S. Development of Atomic Energy1
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Continued from Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. i, pp. 443 ff. and 685 ff. For documentation on U.S. national security policy, see pp. 1 ff. Documentation on discussions with the United Kingdom and Canada concerning the threat of general war with the Soviet Union is scheduled for publication in volume vi. For additional documentation on nuclear weapons strategy, see vol. V, Part 1, pp. 482 ff.
For extensive additional information on U.S. atomic energy policy, see Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, Atomic Shield, 1947–1952: A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume ii (University Park, Pa., The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969).
[121] Memorandum by R. Gordon Arneson to the Secretary of State
711.5611/11–2053
[123] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation
Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, “Telephone Conversations”
[124] Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Atomic Energy Affairs (Arneson)
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy”
[125] Report to the National Security Council by the Executive Secretary (Lay)
S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 151 Series
[127] Prime Minister Churchill to President Eisenhower
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[128] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
600.0012/12–653: Telegram
[129] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State
600.0012/12–753: Telegram
[130] Prime Minister Churchill to President Eisenhower
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[131] The Acting Secretary of State to All Diplomatic Posts (Except Moscow)
600.0012/12–853: Circular telegram
[134] Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the President (Jackson) to the Operations Coordinating Board
OCB files, lot 62 D 430, “President’s UN Speech”
[135] The Acting Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions
600.0012/12–1153: Circular telegram
[136] Memorandum for the National Security Council, by the Special Assistant to the President (Cutler)
S/P–NSC files, lot 62 D 1, “Atomic Energy—Peaceful Uses”
[137] Memorandum of Conversation, by Howard Meyers of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs
600.0012/12–1653
[138] Prime Minister Churchill to President Eisenhower
Presidential Correspondence files, lot 66 D 204, “Churchill Correspondence”
[139] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State
600.0012/12–2153: Telegram
[140] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State
600.0012/12–2253: Telegram
[141] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant)
600.0012/12–2253
[142] Memorandum of Conversation, by Howard Meyers of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs and the Acting Chief of Staff Operations (Gilman)
600.0012/12–2453
[143] The President to Captain E. E. Hazlett, Jr., U.S.N. (Ret.)
Eisenhower Library, Whitman files, “Name Series, Hazlett”
[144] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State
600.0012/12–2653: Telegram
[145] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Bowie)
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy–Armaments”
[146] The Special Assistant to the President (Jackson) to the President
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[147] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union
600.0012/12–2953: Telegram
[148] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Murphy)
600.0012/12–3053
[149] Memorandum by the President to the Special Assistant to the President (Jackson)
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[150] Memorandum of Conversation With the President, by the Secretary of State
600.0012/1–554