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Dear Dr. Eistein,
As it is widely known, an arms race of disproportionate scale is taking place in the world, mainly led by the United States and Russia. I, personally, am severely disgusted by this event, and in a similar manner are many eminent thinkers.
You have publicly expressed opinions surrounding this matter, and I have found them to resemble very closely my point of view regarding these events. For that reason, I propose you to collaborate in the drafting of a statement aiming to raise awareness of the dangers of the arms race and consequently endeavour to stop it. You would work as the head of six eminent science men of your own choice, who should be of different political ideologies, to represent unity throughout the entirety of the scientific community and not show any political bias, because, should the statement not present complete neutrality, the result would be the loss of its authority.
My own belief is that the statement should not only reference the subject of the inmensely destructive H-bomb, but it should also present the incompatibility between war and science, since requesting the prohibition of the H-bomb would only divert the interest of the military powers towards other types of weapons and subsequently should produce an even more devastating weapon than it; this is, provided that they don't disobey the agreement as soon as war breaks out. It should also insist in the fact that war using modern bombs and potentially even bioweapons could result in the complete destruction of Earth as we know it. And, finally, it should likewise distinctly difference the scientific and bloodless uses atomic energy presents from the calamitous consequences its applications in war could produce.
I have already presented my vision on the predicament the world is in right now, and it has received considerable acceptation in my country, but I have little to no influence in the situation of other nations such as the United States. It is because of this reason that I request you to please inform me of any way to achieve the support of different atomic scientists from around the world, but especially american.
Joliot-Curie, who has expressed agreement with my point of view, considers that the solution should be an international conference to discuss this problem; however, I don't conceive this as an effective solution because it would simply take too much time to organise it and also I expect that major disagreements should arise and cause discussions that should give a bad and unclear image to the public, hence why I consider the statement to be a better proposal.
I also think that we should try to appeal to those powers that have showed neutrality towards the subject, and maybe induce them into taking measures and creating small commissions to analise the consequences a potential nuclear war should cause to their country and portray their conclusions in a report, that should be published and spread all around the world in an endeavour.to prove to the world the impossibility of modern warfare.