Arms Control, Deterrence and Nuclear Proliferation
Even before the first atomic explosion occurred, there were efforts to control the spread and development of nuclear weapons.
1945 Truman's Message to Congress on the Atomic Bomb- 1946 The Baruch Plan
- 1946 Atomic Energy Act
- 1946 Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech
- 1950 Niels Bohr's Open Letter to the United Nations
- 1953 Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Speech
- 1962 Sec. of Defense McNamara's "No Cities" Speech
- 1963 Kennedy's Commencement Address at American University
- 1963 Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- 1967 Sec. of Defense McNamara's "Mutual Deterrence" Speech
- 1994 The US-Russia-Ukraine Trilateral Statement and Annex
- 1994 Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act
- 1994 Agreed Framework Between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 1995 Statement by the President on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- 1998 India's Press Release on the first series of nuclear tests
- 1998 India's Press Release on the second series of nuclear tests
- 1998 Pakistan's Press Release on the first series of nuclear tests
- 1998 Pakistan's Press Release on the second series of nuclear tests
- 1999 India's Nuclear Doctrine (draft)
- 1999 Statement by the President on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- 2001 White House Statement on Domestic Preparedness Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
- 2002 Letter from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding the DPRK'S decision to restart reactors
- 2003 Text of North Korea's Statement on NPT Withdrawal
- 2007 Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement
I speak to you tonight in a spirit of hope. Eighteen years ago the advent of nuclear weapons changed the course of the world as well as the war. Since that time, all mankind has been struggling to escape from the darkening prospect of mass destruction on earth.