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THE debate in the House of Commons on May 14 on the international control of atomic energy added little to what had been said earlier in the House of Lords. Mr. Mayhew, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, made it plain that the Government accepts the view that in the present circumstances no progress is possible on the Atomic Energy Commission ; but that if a solution of the atomic energy problem could be reached at all, it will be through the machinery of the United Nations. The Government has agreed to the suspension of the discussions for the time being because no effective system of international control is possible without a voluntary merging of some part of national sovereignty. Unlike ten out of the twelve nations represented on the Commission, Soviet Russia, he said, is unwilling to take this step, just as she refuses the complete openness also essential for the success of a scheme of international control.
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Ethical Basis of Atomic Energy Control. Nature 161, 989–991 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161989a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161989a0