MAKING OF ATOM BOMBS MUST BE STOPPED, SAYS CANADIAN

Grey River Argus, 27 September 1949, Page 5

MAKING OF ATOM BOMBS MUST BE STOPPED, SAYS CANADIAN

(Rec. 5.15). NEW YORK, Sept. 25. Any one of a dozen countries would have the power to threaten the survival of mankind in the not far distant future, declared the Canadian Minister of External Affairs, Hon Mr Lester Pearson, to-night, in a broadcast from New York. He said that the knowledge of the atomic explosion in Russia should not come as a surprise, and should not alter the Western policies in any way.

“It should not alarm us any more than we should be alarmed by the very existence of the oomb itself”, he added. It merely underlined the conclusion that atomic energy must be brought under strict international control. This would mean their making absolutely sure that no bombs were being made by anyone, and that atomic energy was being developed for constructive purposes alone.

German Brains LONDON, Sept. 25

In Frankfurt to-day, a high American officer said that German brains, equipment and uranium ore helped Russia to find the atom bomb secret. Russia, without the help of German scientists, could not have developed the atomic weapon so soon. More than 200 German experts worked in Russia since 1945, some of whom were forcibly recruited.