Statement by the President to the Members of the Committee on Nuclear Proliferation.
YESTERDAY the Nation reaffirmed its dedication to the pursuit of peace. Today, we find that problem, once again, first on our national agenda.
Tomorrow and in the years ahead, our future and the future of the world will be shaped in no small measure by what we now do in the face of the complex and difficult problems posed by the spread of nuclear weapons.
I am grateful, therefore, that such distinguished and experienced men have today given me and my advisers the benefit of their patient and searching counsel.
Note: The President read the statement at 1 p.m. in the Cabinet Room at the White House.
A White House release of the same day stated that the meeting was attended by the 10 members of the Committee and by the President's principal advisers in the national security area. The Committee, headed by former Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric, was established by the President in November 1964, the release stated, "to study the problems for world peace and security posed by the increase in the number of nations capable of building nuclear weapons." The release also listed the members of the Committee.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement by the President to the Members of the Committee on Nuclear Proliferation. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/241391