"GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ‘3 ~ TO THE U. S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON25, D. C. March 25, 1953 Dear Mr. President: The General Advisory Committee was created by the Atomic Energy Act to advise the Atomic Energy Commission on scientific and technical matters. The members are appointed by the President of the United States and for this reason we have from time to time in the past written the President on matters concerning the atomic energy program. Our last communication was dated June 14, 1952. REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT'* D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY BYdf - CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED 0 Cos . — BY AUTHORITY OF dsl Ve DATE.LLLMeS We write you again at this time because of our deep concern for the future of our national atomic energy program, particularly as it affects the national security. The program of the Atomic Energy Commission has been strikingly successful in many areas, such as the production and discovery of raw materials, the production of fissionable materials and the establishment and maintenance of strong research and development laboratories. The most notable results, however, have keen in the invention, development and production of atomic weapons. In this field our capability has been multiplied many times through the development of more efficient weapons, and weapons which have great flexibility of application from the standpoint of delivery, The developments have opened new vistas for application in strategic, tactical and naval warfare, As a natural result, we can foresee greater and greater demands for nuclear weapons and the fissionable materials on which they are based, The newest successes in the development of thermonuclear weapons serve to point up the very healthy and dynamic state of the fundamental art in the field of atomic energy. REPOSITORY COLLECTION BOX Ne. FOLDER Y 4 : 3 ACI 7 BOR