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(Untitled), 08 Mar 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/3A/66-68

Scope and Contents

Copy of a letter from WSC to [Dwight Eisenhower] President of the United States marked "most secret and confidential" on subjects including: agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States on key principles; the nuclear test at Eniwetok Atoll and implications for London "I am told that several million people would certainly be obliterated by four or five of the latest H bombs"; statements by Sterling Cole; the Soviet Union's nuclear capability; the responsibility conferred by the power of nuclear weapons; and his belief in the need to have a personal summit meeting [between the United Kingdom, Soviet Union and the United States]. Typescript.

Dates

  • Creation: 08 Mar 1954

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

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