Gilpatrick Committee Report

This is a report by the Committee on Nuclear Proliferation to the President in 1965, which concludes that preventing the spread of nuclear weapons is clearly in the national interest of the United States, despite the difficult decisions that will be required. The report identifies that the spread of nuclear weapons poses an increasingly grave threat to the security of the United States and that preventing further proliferation requires a concerted and intensified effort, including negotiation of formal multilateral agreements, the application of influence on individual nations considering nuclear weapons acquisition, and example by the US's own policies and actions. The report emphasizes that the dangers of proliferation affect all countries, creating a widespread common interest in early and effective steps to halt the nuclear spread. The committee recommends that major efforts should be made to halt or greatly retard the spread of nuclear weapons.