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).


[96] Statement by the Under Secretary of State (Smith)

711.5611/11–2053


[98] The Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy (Cole) to the President

S/SNSC files, lot 66 D 95, “NSC 151 Memos”


[100] Memorandum of Conversation, by Howard Meyers of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs

Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “Chron File”


[101] Report to the National Security Council by the NSC Planning Board

Disarmament files, lot 58 D 133, “NSC Papers 1953–1955”


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

330.13/9–453: Telegram


[104] Memorandum by Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file


[109] Memorandum for the President by the Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (Strauss)

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file


[110] Memorandum by Charles C Stelle to the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Bowie)

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy–Armaments 1952–1953”


[112] Memorandum to the President, by the Special Assistant to the President (Jackson)

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file


[113] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen)

Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, “Atomic Weapons”


[114] Memorandum of Discussion at the Planning Board of the National Security Council

Eisenhower Library, C D. Jackson papers


[116] Memorandum for the President by the Secretary of State

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file


[117] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Bowie) to the Secretary of State

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Atomic Energy–Armaments”


[118] The Secretary of Defense (Wilson) to C.D. Jackson, Special Assistant to the President

Eisenhower Library, Staff Secretary records, “NSC


[119] Memorandum for the President, Prepared in the United States Atomic Energy Commission

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file