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dated September 15, 1958: Atoms for peace

Five thousand scientists from 69 countries, who on September 13, ended two weeks of intensive discussion at the U.N. “Atoms for Peace” conference in Geneva, pledged to continue working together to break the still unsolved mysteries of the atom. M. Francis Perrin, French President of the conference, proposed in his closing speech that another similar conference would take place in 1962. The first was in 1955. M. Perrin said, he thought a third conference was desirable. He considered, however, that there should be a four-year interval instead of three years. This would give governments time to make satisfactory arrangements. There had been “an atmosphere of trusting co-operation made possible by the unreserved disclosures and by frank discussions.”

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