Evening star., 1946-10-03
Text Of Statements in BoruchW oIoce Atomic Energy Dispute

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July 23 we had made clear in three
widely published documents that
the United States proposal con-
templates the very method Of de-
termining the stages OF transition
which Mr.. Wallace indorses.
In the first paragraph quoted
above, Mr.. wallace appears to con-
denim the whole idea Of approaching
the atomic energy problem by stages
1t should be noted that this idea !.
not unilateral proposal Of the
United States. Long before its pres
entation in the Acheson- Lilienthal
report and in the oficial statement
of the United States position te
the Atomic Energy Commission, II
had been specifically indorsed in the
Moscow resolution, signed last De.
cember by the Soviet Union, the
United Kingdom and ourselves, ano
again in January by the unanimous
vote of the United Nations General
Assembly.
At later point. Secretary Wallace
recognizes the need for certain
steps of stages" but objects to the
allegedly "one-sided form" In which
these stages would proceed and the
alleged proposal for timing the
stages at the sole discretion Of the
United States. He advocates instead
that the stages ''be worked out and
wrapped up In q single package
agreed to in advance "in the initial
master treaty"
Is Exactly U. s. Proposal.
This is exactly the United States
proposal on this point, as the fol-
lowing quotations show. Thus Mr.
Wallace is arguing vigorously fol-
the official United States position
while treating it as If our proposal
had been entirely different.
In the original presentation Of the
United States proposal at the first
meeting of the United Nations
Atomic Energy Commission. on
June II, I said:
Progress by stages. A primary
step in the creation of the system Of
control is the setting forth, in COM
prehensive terms, Of the functions
responsibilities, powers, and limita.
| tions of the authority. Once Q
charter for the authority has beer
adopted, the authority and the sys-
tenn Of control for which it will be
responsible will require time to be-
come fully organized and effective
The plan Of control will, therefore
have to come into effective In sue
cessive stages. Those should be
specifically fixed in the charter OF
means should be otherwise set forth
| in the charter for transitions from
one stage to another, as contem-
plated in the resolution of the United
Nations Assembly which created this
commission"
Memorandum No I, submitted to
the commission by the United States
representative on July stated:
"The treaty should contain pro-
visions governing the sequence and
timing Of the steps in the transition
from the present conditions to the
conditions which will prevail once
the authority Is in effective control
Of atomic energy"
No Support In Records.
And again on July S, in Memoran-
dunn No. 2: the United States rep
Iresentative stated:
Obviously, the controls outlined
In this memorandum cannot spring
into existence full-grown and COM
plete upon the legal establishment
Of the authority. The process OF
putting them into effect will neces-
sarily extend over . considerable
period OF time. It will have to be
done by stages provided in the treaty
Eor Charter and according to pre-
ARRANGED schedules based on sound
and logical sequence leading to full
and effective establishment OF oil
controls"
We have carefully examined the
record in an effort to find the source
|of Secretary Wallace's complete mis-
understanding of the United States
position on the method of determin-
ing the transition stages. The record
contains nothing to support his view.
Neither the Soviet delegate nor any
other representative on the Atomic
Energy Commission has interpreted
the United States proposal as Mr..
Wallace has.
2. Content and Sequence of Transi-
ton Stages,
(a) Secretary Wallace's state
ments.
AS indicated above Secretary
Wallace's letter states that the
United States proposal contains the
fatal defect of requiring other
nations to enter into binding COM
mitments not to conduct research
into the military uses Of atomic
energy and to disclose their
uranium and thorium resources
while the United States retains the
right to withhold its technical
knowledge of atomic energy until
the international control and In
spection system Is working to our
satisfaction"
At later point he implies that
our proposal would require that the
Soviet Union agree now not to try
to make bomb and give us in
formation on their secret resources
of uranium and thorium, while We
maintain for an indefinite period
and at our own discretion the
United States monopoly of atomic
energy. =
tb) The Facts
There is no foundation In the
record for Secretary Wallace,s de-
scription of the United States pro.
posals regarding the nature and
sequence Of the transition stages
Thus far no specific proposal has
been made to the Atomic Energy