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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D)
2a-
BYNLTTH NARS Date 27073
9. Will this cause any change in the domestic atomic
energy program? Although we shell naturally have to
reexamine the domestic program in the light of this develop-
ment, 1t i.s not probable that there will have to be any
material modification of it.
10. What is the state of our defense against atomic attack?
Within the limitations impos ed by the budget, priorities
have been established for all our military tasks in case we
are involved in war. The defense of the United States is our
primary basic undertaking and progress is being made in
meeting our defense requirements as established by the
Department of Defense. Concomitant with this tasks of
course, is the offensive task of retaliation. It would not
be compatible with our national security interests to give
further information on this matter.
11. Does this increase the danger of war? The danger of war
does not spring from the policies of the United States and
the other democracies. The United States will continue to
make every effort to avoid war by observing faithfully the
provisions of the Charter of the United Nations both in
letter and in spirit. Everone knows that the preparation
for aggressive war is impossible in a democracy and even more
so in a coalition of democracies. If there is danger of
TAUMAN
war, it stems from the attitudes and policies of others. We
have no means of knowing what is in the minds of the men who
the
STRATIONAL SERVICE AND
control the (overnment of the Soviet Union. We should
remember that the mere fact that a country might have the
ability to make a bomb would not in itself be an assurance
GOVER
to that country of overcall military superiority. The belief
of this Government is that war is not inevitable;and our
policies continue to be directed to its avoidance.
12. In what way has this development been taken into account
in our basic policy? As stated in the President's announce=
ment, we have always known that efforts vould be made to
develop this weapon, and it has been no secret that such
efforts were in progress in the Soviet Union. It has been
for this reason, among others, that we have laid such great
emphasis on the necessity for a firm and durable system of
peaceful relationships between the nations of the world and
that we have made such effort and such sacrifices to this
end. We have consistently refrained from basing our oum
policies on a monopoly of the weapon and have endeavored to
frame them throughout with a view to their validity in a
period
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