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JAN 01, 1954
Physics Today

Massachusetts Institute of Technology would withdraw from secret research “with enthusiasm and relief” whenever national policy might find it to be no longer necessary, according to MIT President James R. Killian, Jr. In his annual report to the MIT corporation, Dr. Killian noted that the Institute regards its research programs in support of the national security as an inescapable responsibility, but that under more normal conditions they would not be undertaken by choice.

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