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Mr. Whitman further said that he felt that such a conference should be
held outside of the United States; he preferred Bermuda as the site, —
He said that he did feel stronglythat we ought to go all out for the
conference,
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At this pointthere was some discussion of the visa difficulty in-
volved in inviting foreign scientists to the United States for such a
meeting.
Mir, Strauss pointed out that the State Department would have
to ateer the proper course for the J.5,. in this regard,
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Dr. Wigner‘said that he thought the President's speech to the
United Nations was an excellent move whether the plan were eventually
implemented or not.
He feared that if we did not requirea clear quid
proquo there would be no clear measure of what weshould give in return,
In general he thought that the Marshall Plan experience should be consulted in this ease,
He otherwise favored a technical conference,
Dr. von Neumann favored a technical conference at’a place like
Bermuda.
He thought that the State Departmentshould sponsor it.
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He also
suggested that it was desirable to have an internetioha?. organizing —
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committee, and to have the President's Plen as a part of the agenda,
Dr. Warner thought it best to keep the conference confined to
technical subsects.
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Dr. Fisk felt that the conference should be devoted tothe industrial
and medical uses of atomic energy, including isctopes; and to a forun
on the technical aspects of the President's Plan.
He suggested that
diplomacy and negotiation be kept as a by-product. He cautioned that
not too much should be expected of such a conference,
RBermida rather than Geneva
He thought that