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"intensified studies" mentioned in Secretary Schlesinger's March 17 

 letter were "not an end in themselves but definitely intended to produce 

 an effective breeder program, including those safety factors to which 

 you are dedicated." Teague added: 



I am confident you will understand the current skepticism of expensive "studies" 

 unless there is a firm intention to harvest positive, creative results. There also is, as 

 you will understand, an anxiety that the many valuable products thus far obtained 

 from the CRDR effort shall not be wasted but used in every way possible in the 

 redirected breeder program. 



Teague told the President his letter was his own idea, did not 

 represent any official position taken by the committee, and that the 

 only person he had conferred with concerning the letter was Flowers. 

 He even suggested a tentative date when some industry executives 

 could come to Washington — June 14. 



THE SUMMIT MEETING ON JUNE 14 



The President not only embraced the idea, but he also agreed to the 

 specific date, and the meeting was held June 14. The following nuclear 

 industry and utility executives met for nearly an hour with the Presi- 

 dent: 



Willard J. (Al) Rockwell, Jr., chairman of the board, Rockwell International Corp. 



Walter D. Dance, vice chairman of the board, General Electric Co. 



R. E. Kirby, chairman and chief executive officer, Westinghouse Electric Corp. 



Arthur J. Santry, Jr., president, Combustion Engineering, Inc. 



Kenneth A. Roe, chairman and president, Burns & Roe, Inc. 



W. F. Allen, Jr., president, Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. 



Harry Orville Reinsch, President, Bechtel Power Corp. 



George G. Zipf, chairman and president, Babcock & Wilcox Co. 



William S. Lee, president, Duke Power Co. 



William McCollam, president, Edison Electric Institute. 



William G. Kuhns, chairman of the board, General Public Utilities. 



Sherwood H. Smith, Jr., president, Carolina Power & Light Co. 



James J. O'Connor, president, Commonwealth Edison Co. 



Brown and Flowers also attended the White House meeting, along 

 with Secretary Schlesinger. The President told the group initially 

 that he would veto any CRBR construction bill, but was eager to hear 

 their views. He also indicated that the CRBR was not feasible from the 

 standpoint of limited funds available, and appeared to stress this point 

 more than the nuclear weapons proliferation argument, according to 

 his listeners. Teague followed up his initiative with letters on June 15 

 and June 30 to each of the participants, asking them to write their 

 reactions to the meeting, and to define whether there was any hope of 

 reaching "some sort of positive consensus." The participants respond- 

 ed, complimenting Teague for his leadership, stating that it was worth- 

 while to learn the President's views first hand instead of trying to read 



