Evening star., 1951-10-01
The ForrestoI Diaries

IN VII SSS~s ~s0s HSS
U. S. DemobiIizes; Wallace Wants Russia to Share
in A-Bomb Secrets; StoIin Indorses Chionq
S. Going Back to Bed
CAS- the ended, it clear that the tides of de-
mobilization which in the space of few months
to wreck what then the worlds most powerful mill
tary machine, were already running strongly
II August 194s
CABINET.
There discussion of the question of continuation
The net OF the discussion was that the politically expert
people in the cabinet seemed to have strong convc
ton that Congress will vigorously oppose extension
that would be unwse for the President to make any
ommendauon which he knew in advance would be turned
down.
September, 1s45.
-. Mr. Leo Crowley Chen foreign economic adminisra-
tori said that he had just returned from the Middle West
and that the country would be violently opposed
the continuation of universal military training He said
the assumption that had fought get rid
of war; that we had the atomic bomb the San
Francisco Conference and all the various afrmatons of
faith in the possibilities of an organization to create
foundations of world peace and that universal training
would create the inference that didn't have faith in
platform. To this Secretary Smson made eloquent
reoinder the substance of which that the only
could convince the world serious about preventing
another to show that took responsibility in
that direction with great seriousness supported the Secre
tary of point of remarked that history
showed that all weapons always developed counter
measure beginning with what the Romans developed to
counteract Hannbas of elephants The President inter-
jected Alexander in that first tank Mr. Croweys view
tinued however that matter much felt
did, the country would not support that point OF view
(Probably no then realized the extent to which
the atomic bomb already lay at the core OF the whole
problem of postwar military policy But no one could be
of the Importance of the subject. The cabinet
meeting September 81 occupied entirely with
discussion Of the atomic bomb" and clearly funda-
mental in the formulation of American policy the
atom.
(The question was presented in the form of what
should be "the policy of this Government in making avail
able information IN our possession to other nations
Beginning with Mr. StimSon the President went round
the table According to Mr. Forresals notes. the Secre
tary of Commerce, Mr. Henry Wallace, completely,
everlastngly and whoehearedy in favor OF giving to
the Russians. Commented on the statement that
Russian ambitions in China, Korea and Mongolia have
not yet been sufficiently defined for us to have trust He
said the real reason for the ChineseMongoan dsaec
ton that the Chinese primarily farming
people the Mongolans e-breedng livestock
people Science be cribbed, cabined confined
scientific knowledge spread world
questioned the statement that the Russians Oren
tails He said that particularly in Mongolia they had
western viewpoint In contrast to that OF the Chinese
Failure to give them knowledge would make
bttered and sour people, This trusting view was not
shared by the others.
in accord with Mr. Forrestas contribution He made the
point that the bomb and the knowledge that produced
it were "the property of the American people,, which
the administration could not give away until they
very that 1t the of the people that they
should do So He reminded them that in World War
the Japanese had been among Allies like the Rus
slams in World War II; that we had afterward made
naval agreements with the Japanese which had lived
up to but which they had not and that "the Russians
like the Japanese essentially Oriental in their think
ing, and until have longer record Of experience with
them the validity of engagements it doubt
full that should endeavor to buy their understanding
and sympathy We tried that with Hitler There
returns appeasement." He added that trust
had to be than one-way street just certain
nations proposing to exercise truSeeship
tain of the globe behalf of the United Nations
it to that could exercise trusteeship
the atomic bomb behalf of the United Nations
and agree that would limit its manufacture for
such missions the United Nations should designate"
CThe President announced decision at the time,
but 1t is clear that this conference basic to the policy
actually followed thereafter
(Of another problem which to bulk larger
through the coming years there yet only few
premontons)
28 September 1945
had lunch today with Ambassador Patrick j. Hurley,
just back from China He recalled his conversation with
Stain lin April Mr. Hurley returning to his post at Chung
king had passed through Moscow and had interview with
(See FORRESTAL, Page A-3)