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-3working in conjunction with the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic
Energy, created various source documents with respect to medical and
agricultural utilization of nuclear energys

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Liaison with Non-Governmental Groups.

The U.S, Information

Agency's program of liaison with professional groups bore fruit during
this period with the passage by three international organizations of
resolutions supporting President Eisenhower's atomic energy proposals,
These were the International Council of Women, (Helsinki-June), the

Congress of Medical Women's International Associations (Lake Garda,
Italy-September), and the British Cooperatives Guild Congress (Brighton,

England-May).
The United States Information Agency has explored "ways and means of
establishing awards for outstanding contributions to non-military applications of atomic energy", pursuant to point 7(c) of "Recommended Implementing Actions" of the OCB paper of March 15, 1954.

The Atomic

Industrial Forum is enthusiastically willing to sponsor such awards but
lacks funds.

Several philanthropic foundations have been contacted, so

far without success.
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Explorations are continuing,

Implementation of the OCB~approved "program to exploit the

A-Bank proposals of the President's UN speech of December 8, 1953",

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dated March 15, 1954, was continued during the period under review, particularly by AEC action and USIa cross-reporting in connection with a
continuing series of public events, including an International Nuclear
Engineering Conference in June 1954; press and photographic vieus of
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