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, 1946, vol. i, pp. 712–1109. For documentation on aspects of United States policy with, respect to atomic energy other than international control, see pp. 781 ff. For documentation on United States national security policy, see pp. 707 ff. For documentation on the attitude of the Soviet Union concerning regulation of armaments, see vol. iv, pp. 514 ff., passim. For information on U.S. policy regarding international control of atomic energy, see Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, Atomic Shield, 1947–1952, volume I of A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969). For an informal summary record of policy developments concerning international control of atomic energy, October 15, 1946, to May 17, 1948, see Department of State Publication 3161, The International Control of Atomic Energy: Policy at the Crossroads (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1948). Regarding efforts toward agreements placing armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council, see Department of State Bulletin, August 3, 1947, Supplement, “Arming the United Nations.”
[195] The Secretary of State to the Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson)
500.A/12–3146: Telegram
[196] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Hiss) to the Secretary of State
Department of State Atomic Energy Files1
[197] The United States Representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Baruch) to President Truman
501.BC Atomic/1–447
[198] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
500. A/1–447: Telegram
[199] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of War (Petersen) to the Secretary of War (Patterson)
Department of State Disarmament Files1
[200] The Secretary of State to the Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson)
500.A/1–647: Telegram
[201] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of War (Patterson)
500.A/1–847
[202] Minutes of a Meeting of the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, Washington, January 8, 1947, 11 a.m.
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[203] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
501.BC Atomic/1–847: Telegram
[204] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
500.A/1–847: Telegram
[205] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
501.BC/1–1047: Telegram
[206] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Ross) to the Director of the Office (Hiss)
Department of State Atomic Energy Files
[207] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
501.BC/1–1147: Telegram
[208] The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the United States Representatives on the United Nations Military Staff Committee
SWNCC Files1
[209] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Hiss)
501.BC/1–1447
[210] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
501.BC/1–1547: Telegram
[211] Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the Secretary of War (Rusk) to the Assistant Secretary of War (Petersen)
Department of State Disarmament Files
[212] The Secretary of War (Patterson) and the Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal) to the Secretary of State
500. A/1–1747
[213] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Acting Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Ross)
USUN Files1
[214] Memorandum by Mr. Charles P. Noyes, Adviser to the Permanent United States Delegation to the United Nations
USUN Files
[215] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Acheson) to the Secretary of State
501.BC/1–2447
[216] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Johnson)
USUN Files
[217] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
500.A/1–2747
[218] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Acheson) to the Secretary of State
Department of State Disarmament Files
[219] Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Acheson) to the Secretary of State
Department of State Disarmament Files
[220] Minutes of a Meeting of the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, Washington, January 29, 1947, 10:30 a.m.
811.002/1–247
[221] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
501.BC/1–3047
[222] Memorandum by the Chairman of the Policy Committee on Arms and Armaments (Hilldring) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
501.BC/1–3047
[223] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
500.A/1–3147: Telegram
[224] Mr. Franklin A. Lindsay to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
USUN Files
- Lot 57D688, the consolidated lot file on atomic energy, 1944–1962, located in the Department of State, including the records of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State on Atomic Energy and the records of the United States Delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.↩
- Lot 58D133, a consolidated lot file in the Department of State containing documentation on armaments, regulation of armaments, and disarmament, 1943–1960.↩
- Lot 52M45, the files of the State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee which are located in the National Archives under the administration of the Department of State. For information regarding the organization and functions of SWNCC, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. i, footnote 3, p. 1112. Regarding the Ad Hoc Committee to Effect Collaboration on Security Functions of the United Nations, the principal SWNCC subcommittee charged with consideration of matters relating to the regulation of armaments and collective security at the UN, see ibid., footnote 73, p. 754.↩
- Files of the United States Mission at the United Nations.↩