The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-30
World Study Group Wonts Bomb Guard
 Yale University
 institute Dispatches
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-NeW t1dVeIl, OdOlIl, NOV. oU-NOEI A Yale University Institute of International Studies memoran- declared today that the problem of the atomic bomb was ''insepar- able from the problem of war;" and that instruments for it's control would be useful mostly insofar as they reduce the hklihood of war"
 The memorandum, sent to near 1y 700 government officials, and top psychiatrists and other scient- ists who helped develop the bomb said that the United States must spare no endeavor in helping strengthen the international ma chinery to preserve peace in view of "the sense of greater urgency which the atomic bomb produces ''
 The first step, said the mem- orandum prepared by Bernard Brodie, research associate at the Institute, would be rejection at the outset of an attitude of ab- ject terror" accomplished princi- pally by inviting "other nations to share with us consideration of con- SNS NA SAAS NOdPO44'
 Question Results
 Noting estimates of scientists that the United States had 8 lead of only two to five years ahead of the rest of the world in prefecting the bomb, the report questioned whether our policy of secrecy would ' result in benefits sufficient ito offset the undoubted poisoning of relations between ourselves and certain of our recent Allies"
 Continued secrecy also involves the future progress "of science in our own country, especially of nue. lear physics, if we force science or any part of it to go underground. "
 Furthermore, said the report, the two to five year period is short enough to stultify most of our reasons for insisting on abso- lute secrecy but long enough to permit us to make mistakes which will permanently jeopardize the American position internationally
 The memorandum, prepared to take in all problems of atomic en- ergy, including control and possible counter-measures, presented these main points:
 l. Traditional armed services are not made obsolete, but it is obvious they will have to undergo drastic changes in their character, equipment and outlook if they are to act as Peal &eterrents to aggres- sion in an a&e of atomic bombs
 May Be Inhibition
 2. The bomb may possibly prove-a powerful inhibition to aggression inasmuch as any nation using it as a weapon of offensive strength must be prepared to pre- vent retaliation by launching an immediate large-scale invasion.
 3. The mere threat of using the bomb can act as an agent in black mailing other nations, resulting in final deterioration of international affairs in which war, however ter rible, cannot be avoided-a com- parable kind of blackmail" to Hitler's bloodleSs conquests of the 1930's may find encouragement in the existance of the atomic bomb"
 4. In event of another war, "one thing is certain, the victor will have to be prepared to police and govern the world indefinitely. He will not be able to do less"
 With regard to war, the mem orandum suggested that nations can still save themselves by their own armed strength, but not from a destruction so colossal as to bor- der on ruin. Nevertheless, it also remains true that nation well ded for its own defense is not a tempting target for an aggressor. Such a nation is therefore better able to pursue actively that pro- gressive improvement in world af- fairs by which alone it finds it's true security"