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nical orientation of the design of the proposed institution left un- 

 answered many political questions, and after long debate in the United 

 Nations Atomic Energy Commission, the scheme was tabled. 



The issue of the transition from U.S. monopoly to international con- 

 trol met the same fate. Lacking agreement on the what, it was hard to 

 design the hoir of a plan. After much deliberation, the UNAEC came 

 reluctantly to this conclusion. 



The question of what should be done to preserve world security in 

 the event of a violation of an international atomic control agreement 

 likewise went unresolved. This question went to the heart of the issue 

 of collective security versus national sovereignty. But even though it 

 came at a time when only one nation possessed atomic weapons cap- 

 ability, the quest for agreement went unsatisfied. 



