https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/c7052e501aa8303247e82ec3bb1f9c7d.pdf c5c4725bf48e9367aa833d4f187a2e5b PDF Text Text COPY il %!T March 26, 1957, BERMUDA CONFERENCE > * TOP SECRET ^ m>_ m THE FOUR F A^O^IC POWER PPOBTT^ =5 ^) Sir Richard Powell, Mr. Strath and Mr. Dean had a tr__ T^ further discussion this morning with Mr. Bryce, Mr. L e g q ^ ^-^ and Mr. Crean, g 2. c=Q (gfjj) The United Kingdom Representatives described the approach which the French Minister of Defence led made ^ iPQj to Mr. Sandys and the discussion which they had had with Admiral Strauss and other members of the United States Delegation. It was clear from this that while the gravity of the problem was fully recognised, neither the United States nor the United Kingdom had at present any firm idea how it might be solved or indeed whether it was capable of being solved at all. 3. The United States did not wish to give any active assistance to Fourth countries so long HS there v/as aay hope of an effectively controlled disarmament agreement. They were not, however, prepared at this stage at least, to use sanctions such as denial of access to supplies of nuclear material for civil purposes, in order to induce Fourth countries to abandon any plans they might have for making nuclear weapons. Nor did it appeo.r that they yet had any firm policy for supplying such countries with nuclear weapons produced in the United States. 4. The Canadian Representatives explained the difficulties in which they might find themselves in dealing with requests from Fourth countries for supplies of uranium. They flreody had an immediate problem in relation to France. 5. It v/as agreed ths t the Canadian and United Kingdom Governments should keep .ach other informed of developments in this matter, on which it was obviously desirable that there should be a community of view. /6. The United A0027623 147-000147 �«* **tw6. The Canadian representatives indicated their intentions to discuss the fourth Pov/er atomic problem v/ith the U.S. 7. The United Kingdom Representatives agreed to explore further the feasibility of exercising some measure of control over the.problem through W.E.U., but doubted whether this would be acceptable to the United States. March 2 6 , 1957. A0027623 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW00896 Title A name given to the resource Summary from Bermuda Conference Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 26-Mar-57 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ÒAtomic weapons - Canadian policy,Ó RG25-A-3-b, vol. 5960, file 50219-AM-40, pt. 1.1, Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Department of External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Description An account of the resource The Fourth Atomic Power Problem Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en