_ -26Reactor - the Committee might consider recommending that action be postponed until decision has been reached on: (1) to what extent the AEC will accept the recommendations of the last declassification conference, and (2) to what extent bilateral agreements will be established. At 10:20 a.m, Mr. John Hall arrived to talk about developments in respect to the President's Plan, Mr, Hall went over some of the negotiations with the Soviet InterAmbassador on the subject of the President's plan for international national Matters cooperation in peaceful aspects of atomic energy. Many diplomatic notes have been exchanged. The U.S, position was:(1) to discuss the problems of Soviet participation in private with the Russians, (2) to make an overt offer to "keep the door open" to discussions, and(3) to urge Soviet participation in the international conference. 3on= ference : | Mr. Hall indicated that the conference would probably be held in i Geneva, during the first or second week of August, 1955, under the auspices of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Dr. Johnson asked what was meant by the statement that en inter- Yeactor School national school would be set up. Mr. Hall said the purpose wes to maintain the momentum of the President's proposal and to demonstrate our willingness to cooperate, It would probably be rum on an unclas- sified basis for the first year or so, then go into the Gray Area as bilateral agreements develop. “9% ARCHIVES lan “7 2 ~ wr De Oey, Rea Bntee s * \ ao ‘y9? Ly "efi 4g os 4 24