Presidential Papers, Doc#211 Memorandum To Robert Cutler, 25 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #211; May 25, 1953
To Robert Cutler
Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series ; Category: Memorandum
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part II: Settling into "the long pull"; May 1953 to August 1953
Chapter 3: "A time for continued vigilance"

 

Please notify the members of the Security Council that two visiting scientists will be with us on Wednesday to present their views.1 While of course there will be no objection to questioning them, I think that it might be wise to point out that our own decisions will be reached later.2

1 One of the scientists was Vannevar Bush (M.S. Tufts College 1913), an electrical engineer, president of the Carnegie Institute since 1939, and wartime head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The other was J. Robert Oppenheimer (Ph.D. Göttingen University 1927), a contributor to the wartime development of the atomic bomb and since 1947 Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University. They would recommend to the American people a "policy of candor" regarding defense against atomic attack (NSC meeting minutes, May 27, 1953, AWF/NSC. For background on Bush see Eisenhower Papers, vols. VI-XI; on Oppenheimer see Galambos, NATO and the Campaign of 1952, no. 566).

2 Following the scientists' presentation, Eisenhower would direct C. D. Jackson to draft a statement that would provide the American public with information on the atomic threat. For developments see no. 395.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Memorandum To Robert Cutler, 25 May 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 211. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/211.cfm

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