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Atoms For Peace

United States of America · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1953

Dwight David Eisenhower8 December 1953

Warfare / Nuclear

President Dwight D Eisenhower envisioned the creation of this international body to control and develop the use of atomic energy, in his "Atoms for Peace" speech before the United Nations General Assembly

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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