The hell bomb

By William L. Laurence

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GenreLiterary Classics, Other

Length5 hrs 15 mins

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Publish dateMay 3, 2025

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

20Strategic balance (quotas)

2FOREWORD

21Sanctions

3INTRODUCTION

221. Is the hydrogen bomb a more or less important weapon than the atomic bomb? Might hydrogen bombs prove to be decisive in war, or has their significance been exaggerated?

4I THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HYDROGEN BOMB

232. If the H-bomb is deemed to be decisive or far more dangerous than the A-bomb, should international control of hydrogen weapons take priority over control of ordinary atomic weapons? Should the United States propose a separate plan exclusively designed to regulate H-bombs?

5II THE REAL SECRET OF THE HYDROGEN BOMB

243. Is the existing United Nations plan technically adequate to control H-bombs?

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6III SHALL WE RENOUNCE THE USE OF THE H-BOMB?

254. Is control over fissionable materials sufficient to prevent the production of hydrogen bombs? If so, is the existing UN plan adequate to this task?

7IV KOREA CLEARED THE AIR

265. Must H-bomb controls relate to deuterium and tritium as well as to fissionable material? If they must, can the present UN plan fully provide for these controls or does it require revision or changes in emphasis?

8V A PRIMER OF ATOMIC ENERGY

276. Is it technically possible to detect the manufacture of heavy water and deuterium through international inspection? Would an international agreement flatly prohibiting production in quantity be desirable?

9THE HYDROGEN BOMB AND INTERNATIONAL CONTROL

287. Should the provisions of the present un plan relating to inspection, surveys, and explorations be modified to control heavy water and deuterium production?

10A SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ATOMIC WEAPONS

298. What safeguards are necessary to prevent clandestine production of tritium? Would an international agreement flatly prohibiting production in quantity be desirable?

11The Truman-Attlee-King declaration

309. Should a world-wide geological survey cover concentrated lithium deposits?

12The Acheson-Lilienthal report

3110. Do the technical facts of the H-bomb mean that now, more than ever, the United Nations plan is the correct approach to international control?

13The Baruch proposals to the United Nations

3211. How does the H-bomb affect the problem of “stages”?

14The first Soviet proposals—Gromyko’s statement of June 19, 1946

3312. How does the H-bomb bear upon the problem of disposition of existing stocks of fissionable material?

15The Soviet Proposals of June 11, 1947

3413. How does the H-bomb bear upon “quotas”?

16The Second and Third Reports of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission—September 11, 1947, and May 17, 1948

3514. How does the H-bomb bear upon research to be performed by the United Nations control agency?