A Conversation with George Bunn
2.1 – Starting the Post-WWII era (7:33)
Supplemental Information
The Acheson and Lilienthal report was presented to the U.S. Department of State on March, 16, 1946. The report suggested that acquisition of fissile materials be under international jurisdiction.
Bernard Baruch (1870 – 1965) was appointed by President Truman in 1946 as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC). The Baruch Plan advocated international controls on atomic energy.
The U.S. Atomic Energy Agency was the predecessor to the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, which was the predecessor to the U.S. Department of Energy.
John McCloy (1895 – 1989) served as Assistant Secretary of War during WWII. McCloy advised U.S. Presidents from Kennedy to Reagan as chairman of the presidential advisory committee on arms control and disarmament.
Dean Rusk (1909 – 1994) was U.S. Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Andrei Gromyko (1909 – 1989) served as Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1985.
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