Efforts of the United States in the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations to effect an early establishment of the United Nations Organization; selection of the United States as the permanent location for the seat of the Organization 1

1. The United Nations Secretariat, Department of Conference and General Services, has prepared two guides to the records of the Preparatory Commission: Archives Reference Guide No. 1, Index to the Documents of the United Nations Preparatory Commission, 1945, and Archives Reference Guide No. 2, Index to the Documents of the Executive Committee of the United Nations Preparatory Commission, 1945.

[The Preparatory Commission of the United Nations was called into being by the agreement regarding Interim Arrangements signed on June 26 by the governments represented at the United Nations Conference on International Organization (59 Stat. (pt. 2) 1411 and Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 461), for the purpose of convoking the General Assembly, preparing provisional agenda for it and the several other organs of the United Nations, and in general formulating appropriate recommendations regarding organization and procedures for the establishment of the new international body. The first meeting of the Commission, held at San Francisco on June 27, and largely formal in character, referred to a 14-member Executive Committee the task of preparing a detailed report for the consideration of the Commission. The British Government, designated in the agreement as the host government, initiated arrangements to have the Executive Committee meet in London on August 9; this date was subsequently changed to August 16.

For additional information, see “Preparation for the General Assembly” in Department of State publication No. 2484: The United States and the United Nations; Report of the United States Delegation to the First Part of the First Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, London, England, January 10–February 14, 1946, Submitted to the President of the United States by the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1946 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1946), pages 1–5.]

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[321] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

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[324] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

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[325] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

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[326] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[327] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[328] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[329] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[331] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[332] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[333] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Acting Secretary of State

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[334] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to President Truman and the Secretary of State

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[335] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to President Truman and the Secretary of State

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[336] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Secretary of State

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[338] The United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stettinius) to the Secretary of State

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[339] Memorandum of Conversation

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[340] The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Representatives

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[341] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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[342] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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[343] Secretary’s Staff Committee Working Paper (SC–171/8)

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[346] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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[347] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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[348] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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[349] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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[350] The Acting United States Representative on the Preparatory Commission (Stevenson) to the Secretary of State

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