Department of State Atomic Energy Files
Minutes of the Meeting of the Combined Policy Committee at the Department of State, July 31, 1946, 10:30 a. m.
| Present: | Members: | The Acting Secretary of State (representing the Secretary of State) (in the Chair) |
| The Secretary of War | ||
| Field Marshal Lord Wilson | ||
| By Invitation: | ||
| The Right Honorable Lord Inverchapel85 | ||
| Mr. Herbert Marks86 | ||
| Secretariat: | ||
| Major General L. R. Groves | ||
| Mr. Roger Makins | ||
| Mr. George Bateman |
I. Minutes of the Meeting of April 15, 1946.87
The Minutes were approved.
Mr. Makins pointed out with reference to Section III of the Minutes that the proposed procedure on declassification of information regarding atomic energy had been approved at the last meeting subject to confirmation by the U. K. Government.
This confirmation had subsequently been received.
II. Appointment of Lord Inverchapel as U. K. Member of the Combined Policy Committee.
The Committee approved the appointment of Lord Inverchapel as a U. K. member of the Combined Policy Committee in succession to Lord Halifax.
III. Appointment of Mr. Gordon Munro as U. K. Member of the Combined Development Trust.
The Committee approved this appointment.
IV. Confirmation of Agreement on Allocation of Raw Materials.
The Committee had before it a memorandum of agreement on the allocation of raw materials which had been drawn up and signed on [Page 1257] May 13th by Mr. Makins, Sir James Chadwick, Dr. Bush, Mr. Acheson and General Groves in accordance with the decision of the Committee at its last meeting.88
The Committee confirmed this agreement.
V. Combined Development Trust Financial Policy.
The Committee had before it a paper by the Joint Secretaries on this subject, the text of which is annexed to these Minutes.89 There were two questions; whether the principle should be adopted that a government should pay for the raw material it received through the Combined Development Trust; and secondly, if this principle were accepted, from what date it should be applicable.
After discussion:
The Committee agreed that the principle should be adopted that a government should bear the cost of the raw material which it received through the Combined Development Trust; that this principle should be applied as from V–J Day; and that the Combined Development Trust should be guided accordingly.
VI. Other Business.
The attention of the Committee was drawn to the passage by Congress of an Atomic Energy Bill.
The Secretary of War said that he would have a study made of the possible effects of this legislation on the activities of the Combined Policy Committee and the Combined Development Trust.
The Chairman said that, in the first instance, this concerned the United States members of the Committee, but the United Kingdom and Canadian members would be kept informed on the matter.
The Committee then adjourned.
(These minutes have not as yet been formally approved by the Committee.)90
Major General, U.S.A.
Joint Secretaries
- Roger Makins
- G. C. Bateman