ATOMIC ENERGY


Minister Attlee concerning use of the atomic bomb, and the annex
thereto, volume VII, page 1435.


                          Editoricil Note

  On December 1 President Truman transmitted a special message
to Congress requesting additional appropriations of $16.8 billion for
defense. The communication included the ,following: "I am also recom-
mending a supplemental appropriation for the Atomic Energy Com-
mission in the amount of $1,050,000,000. These funds will enable the
Commission to enlarge its production capacity substantially. The new
facilities will provide larger capacity for the production of fissionable
materials, and for the fabrication of such materials into atomic
weapons. The fissionable imaterials thus produced can be utilized
either in weapons or as fuels for power-producing atomic reactors.
The program for building these additional facilities has been de-
veloped after thorough study over the last few months." For the full
text of the President's message, see Public Papers of the Presidents of
the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1950, pages 728-731.
  By January 2, 1951, Congress had approved the funds requested.
President Truman signed the Second Supplemental Appropriation
Act, 1951, on January 6 (64 Stat. 1223).


Department of State Atomic Energy Files
Mr. P-. Gordon Arneson, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State,'
       to Mr. F. TV. Marten, First Secretary, British EYmbassy

TOP SECRET                        [WASHINGTON,] December 4, 1950.
   DEAR TIm: I have discussed with the Department of Defense and
the Atomic Energy Commission the views of the United -Kingdom
Government as set forth in your letter of October 18 on the subject
of a "special position" for South Africa. I am now in a position
to
give you the American views on the following: (1) the position that,
should be taken with Dr. Donges in the first instance, and (2) the
position we s~hould eventually arrive at, with South Africa.
The Dodnges Visit to Washington
   As you are 'aware we have suggested to Dr. Donges that on the
 occasion of a visit to Washington he might be prepared to discuss the

 'Effective November 13, Arneson, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary
 of State, became Special Assistant to the Secretary of State. He continued
to
 function as Departmental adviser on atomic energy matters.


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