security annexes had indicated that they were
to have their security annex published.
unwilling
Mr. Vander Weyden stated that Mr. Munez of
Brazil had informed Mr. Hall that ‘he Brazilian
AEC
hoped the nationalization
of atomic resources
in Brazil
would not affect present negotiations for a bilateral
agreement.
Mr. Vander Weyden added that work is
proceeding
on detailed plans for the Puerto Rican
Atomic Energy
Center.
Mr. Fine reviewed
the discussions
at ihe conference
considering
the proposed statute for the IAEA.
He remarked
that although the Russians
have submitted no amendments to
the draft charter,
there seems to have been a change in
their attitude toward IAEA since the spring meeting, when
they appeared to agree with the draft statute.
Mr. Fine commented on efforts by India to undermine
and weaken the safeguard
section of the draft statute. He
pointed out that a We-thirds
majority was needed to
modify the draft statute while ratification
of the statute,
as now written, requires
a majority vote.
The possibility
of India’s negotiating a bilateral
agreement
was then discussed by the Commissioners;
and Mr. Strauss observed that they were delaying
negotiations until the completion of the present IAEA
Conference.
Mr. Strauss said he believed that all possible
major concessions
regarding
the draft statute had
been made at the spring meeting, and he added that
the State Department
had previously
assured him that
the present conference would probably accept the
draft statute, He said that he had requested the
preparation
of a letter to Ambassador
Wadsworth
urging him to maintain the U.S. position with respect
to the draft statute.
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