SEGRETb= (a) Negotiations to establish an International Atomic Energy Ageney (para, 4, NSC 5431/1). (b) The organization of an International Conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy (para. 5a, NSC 5431/1). (c) Program of aid in construction of research and medical reactors in selected countries (para, 5b - NSC 5431/1), (d) Training programs, provision of technical information and consulting services to aid other countries in building up their capa-~ bilities to use atomic energy (para. 5ce ~- NSC 5431/1). In addition to the AEC implementing program personally presented to the Board by AEC Chairman Strauss, copies of which were furnished to the Working Group; the Director, FOA, instituted a study of capabilities within his agency to support the technical training of foreign students in nuslcar subjects on @ non-classified basis, 13. Appraisal of Effectiveness. During the period under review, evidence continued to accumulate that the President's peaceful uses program enlisted a large measure of world interest, In the view of the London Economist, which to a large degree is representative of sophisticated international political opinion, the proposal constituted "genuine psychological warfare", However, in countries vith advanced REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT. D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY technology, significant elements of opinion continue to reserve judgment as to the scope of future specific U.S. implementing actions, inasmuch as they are particularly interested in obtaining from the United States the SECRET -