Baruch Plan

Baruch Plan, Presented to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission on June 14, 1946, available at http //www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Deterrence/BaruchPlan.shtml. 

The Soviet Union opposes the Baruch Plan, rendering it useless. 

Secondly, there was a very great Input from the private sector Into the process. As Dr. Baruch has pointed out from the beginning, industrial Innovation occurs in private industry, at the level of the firm. Over 100 executives participated directly as members of the Advisory Subcommittee from Private Industry, and significant staff resources were volunteered as well. We made a deliberate attempt to Involve not only the Vice Presidents or Directors of R D, but also Chief Executive Officers, Chairmen and Presidents Vice Presidents and Directors of nanufacturlng, environmental quality control, planning, accounting and finance, etc, and attorneys, chief economists, and the like. We wanted viewpoints which represented all aspects of the innovation decision process - not just R D - and we got them. 

Bernard Baruch, the elder statesman who had served American presidents in various capacities since World War I, unveiled the United States plan... 

Bernard Baruch presents the American plan for international control of atomic research. 

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