FOREIGN RELATIONS: Toward Disarmament?

"It is not possible to turn backward the clock of nuclear discovery and development, nor to repeal the nuclear age." So declared U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. last week as he launched an important new U.S. offer in the continuing never-say-die attempt to promote workable disarmament. Specifically, the U.S. proposed that the powers agree to:

¶Stockpile all future production of fissionable materials under international supervision for peaceful purposes; once the powers agree on stockpiling future production they may be able to work out a formula for transferring...

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