ABSTRACT
By 1948, according to some estimates, the United States had fifty atomic bombs in its possession, a sizable nuclear force given the fact that the United States was the only nation in the world with access to these new and powerful weapons. Throughout Eisenhower's eight years in the White House, both the fears of the nuclear age, which Atoms for Peace tried to alleviate and provide, would continue to be presidential preoccupations. In the Eisenhower administration arms control negotiations with the Soviet Union produced very little progress, and both Atoms for Peace and Open Skies had their greatest impact when they were first announced as American negotiating suggestions. In practice, the IAEA became an international inspection agency that provided oversight for bilateral nuclear development projects rather than the principal owner and operator of Third World nuclear reactors. July 21Eisenhower makes Open Skies offer at Geneva Summit. 1956Sept. 20UN conference debates establishment of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
