Office of the Historian

United States policy at the United Nations with respect to the regulation of armaments and collective security: the international control of atomic energy; regulation of conventional armaments; efforts toward agreements placing armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council 1

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1947, vol. i, pp. 327–706. Documentation on aspects of United States policy with respect to atomic energy other than international control and documentation ‘on “United States national security policy are scheduled for publication in part 2 of the present volume. For additional documentation on the attitude of the Soviet Union concerning regulation of armaments, see vol. iv, pp. 788 ff., passim. For an informal summary record of policy developments concerning the international control of atomic energy, October 15, 1946, to May. 17, 1948, see The International Control of Atomic Energy: Policy at the Crossroads, Department of State Publication 3161 (Washington, 1948). Regarding attempts to “obtain: armed forces for the use of the Security Council, see Donald C. Blaisdell, “Arms for the United Nations,” in Department of State, Documents and State Papers, June 1948, pp. 141–158.

[190] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, January 20, 1948—5 p. m.

501.BC Armaments/1–2048: Telegram

[191] Memorandum by Mr. Donald M. Leith of the Division of International Security Affairs

[Washington,] February 3, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[192] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, February 9, 1948—7 p. m.

501.BC Armaments/2–948: Telegram

[193] Minutes of Meeting at the Department of State, April 2, 1948, 4 p. m.

April 2, 1948, 4 p.m.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files1

[194] Position Paper Approved by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments

[Washington,] April 9, 1948.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[195] Memorandum by Mr. Edmund A. Gullion to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[Washington,] April 21, 1948.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[196] Policy Problem Statement Prepared in the Office of United Nations Affairs

[Washington,] April 26, 1948.

Policy Planning Staff Files1

[201] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, June 4, 1948—6 p. m.

501.BC Armaments/6–448: Telegram

[202] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington, June 10, 1948.

501.BC Armaments/6–1048

[203] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, June 11, 1948—9 a. m.

501.BC Atomic/6–1148: Telegram

[210] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington, July 9, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[212] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, July 27, 1948—5 p. m.

501.BB/7–2748: Telegram

[213] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Frederick Osborn

[New York,] July 28, 1948.

IO Files: US/A/1143, also US/AEC/20, also US/S/C.3/5

[214] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

Washington, July 30, 1948—3 p. m.

501.BC Armaments/7–3048: Telegram

[215] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington, August 2, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[219] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington, August 7, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files

  1. Lot 57D688, the consolidated lot file on atomic energy, 1944–1962, located in the Department of State, including the records of the office of the Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for atomic energy policy and the records the United States Delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.↩
  2. Lot 64D563, files of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State, 1947–1953.↩
  3. Files of the United States Mission at the United Nations.↩
  4. Lots 428 and 55D323, files of the Office of United Nations Affairs, Department of State.↩