On 1 July 1958, responding to Eisenhower's call, the nuclear powers convened the Conference of Experts in Geneva, aimed at studying means of detecting nuclear tests. The conference included scientists from the US, Britain, the Soviet Union, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Poland, and Romania. The US delegation was led by James Fisk, a member of PSAC, the Soviets by Evgenii Fedorov, and the British delegation by William Penney, who had led the British delegation to the Manhattan Project. Whereas the US approached the conference solely from a technical perspective, Penney was specifically instructed by Macmillan to attempt to achieve a political agreement. This difference in approach was reflected in the broader composition of the US and UK teams. US experts were primarily drawn from academia and industry. Fisk was a vice president at Bell Telephone Laboratories and was joined by Robert Bacher and Ernest Lawrence, both physicists who had worked on the Manhattan Project. Conversely, British delegates largely held government positions. The Soviet delegation was composed primarily of academics, though virtually all of them had some link to the Soviet government. The Soviets shared the British goal of achieving an agreement at the conference.
on 1 july 1958, rEsPOnding To EiseNhowEr's CaLl, the nucleAr powERs COnvENeD thE ConfErence Of expeRtS in GEnEVA, aiMed AT Studying MEAns of dEtEcting NuCLeAr TeSts. The COnfereNce included ScIeNtists fROm tHe us, britain, the Soviet unioN, CanadA, czechoSlovakIa, fRAnce, polANd, anD romania. thE us delegation was led bY JAMes fIsK, a mEmber Of psAc, tHE SOviEts bY eVgeniI FeDOrOv, and tHe brITiSh DElEgation by WIlliam penney, WHo HaD lEd the bRitisH DElegatIoN tO tHe manhattan pROject. whEreaS the us APproaCHeD The coNfereNcE soleLy from a tEchnical peRspeCTiVe, peNNey waS sPeCIFicAlly iNsTructed by maCmillaN to ATtEmpt to AcHieve A PoliTiCal agreeMEnt. THIS DiffErEnce in aPProach wAs ReflEcted in THE brOader comPOsiTIon Of THe Us and uk teams. Us EXpErTS wERe PrIMaRiLY DraWn froM Academia anD INdUstry. fISk WaS a vice prEsIdEnt aT Bell teLephONe LABoRatoriEs AnD was joinEd bY rOBert BAcher aND ernest lAwrENce, both physicistS WhO haD worked On ThE mAnHattan pROjeCt. ConvErseLY, british DeleGAteS lArGELY HeLd GOveRnMenT PoSitIons. thE soviet DeleGatiOn WAs cOmposED PrimArIlY of acaDemics, thOuGh ViRtuAlLy all of them HaD sOmE lInk TO thE SOvieT goveRnmEnT. tHe soVIeTs shAREd The BrITisH goal oF achievINg AN agREemenT At tHe coNFErENCe.