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TAN ew sw ~The April 12, 1948, tasue of the "Washington Post" carried an article under the caption "Negottati ona with Moscow Urged by Atomic Scientists” which stated that leading atomic acienttsts, warning of "the total collapse of our tradittonal civilization,” had urged the day before diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Russia "at the highest governmental levels.” crenrares Seevey Wen mauneo The article stunted that the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists headed by Dr. Albert Einstein, satd "there are no sertous negotiations going on anywhere tn the world teday betveen the United States and Kussta.” The article further stated that the Committee had long aduocated world government as the key to peace, and that Dr, Einstein satd the day before that "prtial world government -~- without Ruseia -- might convince the Sovtet Union that she cannot oppose it.” This article continued that Einstetn said that a world federation might be based on the United Nations. He stated, however, that this would be a "quantum jump." According to the article, the Committee said in a statement that without world government there might be a "preventive war,” or a two bloc world with “eventual termination s 100~(345104~A (24)!