Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985Soviet Union, 51.220643, 51.363519United States, 39.76, -98.5WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)1960-08-16In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from August 16, 1960, Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. proposes to the Soviet Union a reduction in the production of fissionable materials. He first proposes transferring accumulated fissionable materials in weapons to peaceful uses. As a first step, the U.S. and the Soviet Union would each set aside 30,000 kilograms of U235. A second proposal would be for both countries to halt the production of fissionable materials for weapons usage, to shut down one by one the plants producing uranium and plutonium.Title supplied by cataloger.video/mp4Clip number: wsbn41111enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.Nuclear nonproliferationNuclear arms controlArms raceRadioactive substancesUnited States--Foreign relations--Soviet UnionSoviet Union--Foreign relations--United StatesSeries of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. proposing to the Soviet Union a reduction in the production of fissionable materials, 1960 August 16MovingImage