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).
[61] United States Atomic Energy Commission Press Release
G/PM files, lot 68 D 349, “Ivy”
[62] Report Prepared by Howard Meyers of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs
Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “Chron”
[64] Memorandum of Conversation, by Bernhard G. Bechhoefer
Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “Chron”
[65] Notes of a Meeting in the Office of the Secretary of State, December 30, 1952, noon
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy”
[67] Report by the Panel of Consultants of the Department of State to the Secretary of State
Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “Panel of Consultants on Disarmament”
[68] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Bruce) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)
Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “NSC Papers, 1953–55”
[69] The Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Hickerson) to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)
330.13/2–453
[71] The Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (Dean) to the Secretary of State
Atomic Energy files, lot 57 D 688, “Uranium 1954”
[72] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Smith) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)
Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “NSC Papers, 1953–1955”
[73] Memorandum of Discussion at the 132d Meeting of the National Security Council, Wednesday, February 18, 1953
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[74] Memorandum of Discussion at the 134th Meeting of the National Security Council, Wednesday, February 25, 1953
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[75] Memorandum by Edmund A. Gullion, Member of the Policy Planning Staff
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy—Armaments 1952–1953”
[76] Report to the National Security Council by the Atomic Energy Commission
S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 145
[77] Memorandum by R. Gordon Arneson to the Secretary of State
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy–Armaments 1952–1953”
[78] Memorandum of Discussion at the 136th Meeting of the National Security Council, Wednesday, March 11, 1953
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[79] Memorandum by the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay) to the NSC Senior Staff
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy–Armaments 1952–1953”
[80] Summary of Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Armaments and American Policy and the Senior Staff of the National Security Council, March 16, 1953
PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy–Armaments 1952–1953”
[81] The Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (Dean) to Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[82] The Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Hickerson) to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)
330.13/4–253
[84] Memorandum for the Files, by J. Bruce Hamilton
Atomic Energy files, lot 57 D 688, “Combined Development Agency–General”
[86] The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)
330.13/4–2853
[87] Memorandum of Discussion at the 143d Meeting of the National Security Council, Wednesday, May 6, 1953
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file
[88] Report to the National Security Council by the NSC Planning Board
S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 151 Series
[89] Memorandum by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)
S/S—NSC files, lot 66 D 95, NSC 112
[90] Memorandum of Discussion at the 146th Meeting of the National Security Council, Wednesday, May 27, 1953
Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file