Evening star., 1945-11-15
; POWERS TO SHARE ATOM If SAFEGUARDED
Agree 70 Lifting
|0f Secrecy on
Reciprocal Basis
Truman, AttIee, King
Won't Agency Set Up
For OutIuwinq Bomb

President Truman, Prime Min
lister Attlee and Prime Minister
w. L. Mackenzie King announced
today that the United States,
Britain and Canada had agreed
to withhold the know-how on the
manufacture of the atomic bomb
until effective reciprocal and
enforceable safeguards accept
able to all nations" are devised.
In a statement issued at the
end of their five-day conferences to
devise policies with regard to the
use of atomic energy, the three
leaders also agreed to:
l. Exchange with any nation SCI
entists and fundamental scientific
information" for peaceful ends on
reciprocal basis.
Would Create Commission.
2. Creation of a commission under
the United Nations Organization to
work speedily for control of atomic
energy for peaceful purposes only,
for elimination of atomic weapons
Of all kinds and for effective safe
guards to protect complying ma
tions against the hazards of viola
tions and evasions" of any outlaw.
ing agreement
3. A declaration that the only
complete protection for civilization
against the destructive use of scien-
tific knowledge lies in the preven.
ton Of war"
? The statement of the President
and the two Prime Ministers was
made public at joint press confer
ence.
The proposals described in it pre-
sumably will be transmitted imme-
diately to Russia and possibly to all
other members of the United Ma
tions.
Before reading the statement to
reporters, President Truman said
questions concerning it would have
to come at later time, when re-
porters were more familiar with it.
4 Also participating in the press
conference were members of Con-
gress who will deal with atomic en-
ergy legislation.
}, The British and Canadian Prime
, Ministers are leaving Washington
tomorrow. Mr.. Attlee is going to
stop in Ottawa on his way home.
d Text of Statement.
] The text of the joint statement
follows:
:. 1. We recognize that the applica-
ton of recent scientific discoveries
: to the methods and practice of war
has placed at the disposal of man
kind means of destruction hitherto
unknown, against which there can
be no adequate military defense,
and in the employment of which no
single nation can in fact have q
monopoly.
2. We desire to emphasize that the
responsibility for devising means to
ensure that the new discoveries shall
be used for the benefit of mankind,
+ instead of as a means of destruc-
ton, rests not on our nations alone,
but upon the whole civilized world.
! Nevertheless, the progress that we
, have made in the development and
use Of atomic energy demands that
!; we take an initiative in the matter,
, !, and we have accordingly met to-
gether to consider the possibility Of
international action:
(D To prevent the use of atomic
energy for destructive purposes.
tb) To promote the use of recent
and future advances in scientific
knowledge, particularly in the utili-
zation OF atomic energy, for peace
full and humanitarian ends.
Prevention of War Urged.
3. We are aware that the only
complete protection for the civilized
world from the destructive use of
scientific knowledge lies in the pre-
vention of war. No system of safe
guards that can be devised will of
! itself provide an effective guarantees
against production of atomic weap-
ons by nation bent on aggression,
Nor can we ignore the possibility of
the development of other weapons,
or OF new methods of warfare, which
may constitute as great a threat to
civilization as the military use of
atomic energy.
4. Representing as we do, the three
tsee ATOMIC, Page A-3.)