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

1.

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).


[189] The Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

600.0012/4–1254


[190] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations

330.13/4–1354: Telegram


[192] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

600.0012/4–1254


[195] Study Prepared by the Policy Planning Staff

Atomic Energy files, lot 57 D 688, “Exchange of Notes with USSR”


[198] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

396.1 GE/4–2854: Telegram


[200] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

396.1 GE/4–2954: Telegram


[202] Progress Report of the Working Group of the Operations Coordinating Board

OCB files, lot 62 D 430, “President’s UN Speech”


[204] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Merchant)

Atomic Energy files, lot 57 D 688, “Exchange of Notes with USSR”


[205] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

110.11–DU/5–154: Telegram


[206] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

396.1–GE/5–254: Telegram