Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, General: Political and Economic Matters, Volume II

S/AE Files

Memorandum by President Truman, the British Prime Minister (Attlee), and the Canadian Prime Minister (King)²⁴

[Washington,] November 16, 1945.

1. We desire that there should be full and effective cooperation in the field of atomic energy between the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

2. We agree that the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust should be continued in a suitable form.

3. We request the Combined Policy Committee to consider and recommend to us appropriate arrangements for this purpose.

Harry S. Truman
C. R. Attlee
Mackenzie King

24. For background information on this memorandum, see the memorandum by Captain Arneson, covering the period November 1–16, pp. 63, 68.