Toward a New Non-Proliferation Regime

I appreciate the opportunity to be here today and to be able to enter into a dialogue on a subject of great importance with such a highly professional audience. Talking with Mr. Weinstock, would be for me to set forth the philosophical basis and the more significant characteristics and main themes of the nuclear non-proliferation policy we have developed in President Carter's Administration, and to clarify our objectives, our view of the role and future of nuclear energy, and our appreciation of the opportunities and limitations that we face in striving toward fulfillment of our goals. A number of excellent questions were posed by the Brookhaven Laboratory in recent days and I will, in the context of the discussion this afternoon, endeavor to be as responsive as possible to as many of the concerns and questions as I am able. Let me begin by sketching for you the milieu that informed our policy thinking and helped to establish our objectives and priorities. In running over this ground I will be covering familiar territory for some of you and for this I apologize, but unless we understand that we are talking about the same animal we run the risk of talking past one another or misinterpreting each other's perceptions and views. Richard Fuller and Mr. GeneI learned that what might be most useful Non-Proliferation Policy (1)