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WHILE, as Prof. M. L. Oliphant has pointed out (Nature, May 25, p. 679) in reviewing the proposals of the Lilienthal Board for the international control of atomic energy, countries whose interest in the peaceful production of power by nuclear methods is more direct than that of countries like the United States richly endowed with coal and other sources of power, may give somewhat different emphasis to some of the points raised, there can be no dissent as to the urgency of the whole problem. If political dilatoriness and self-seeking lead to obstruction and lack of agreement, the Lilienthal proposals and any like scheme may, as Prof. Oliphant remarks, instead of saving the world, have precisely the opposite effect. It is therefore encouraging to note that both the British and Canadian delegates on the Atomic Energy Commission have already signified the support of their Governments for the general principles of the American scheme based on the work of the Lilienthal Board.
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INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY (2). Nature 157, 853–855 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157853a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157853a0