Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, September 24, 1963. President Kennedy appoints Henry DeWolf Smyth, of New Jersey as "Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Seventh Session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency." Boldly signed at the conclusion in fountain pen by President John F. Kennedy and countersigned by Acting Secretary of State George W. Ball. Document retains its original large white seal. In fine condition.
Just two days earlier, the United States Senate had ratified the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground. Noted physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth served as a key player in the early development of nuclear energy, including as a participant in the Manhattan Project and then as a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission. He served as a representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1961 to 1970. Headquartered in Vienna and established on July 29, 1957, the IAEA is a global organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.
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