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. 7121109. 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.”


[199] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of War ( Petersen ) to the Secretary of War ( Patterson )

Department of State Disarmament Files1


[201] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of War ( Patterson )

500.A/1–847


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

501.BC Atomic/1–847: Telegram


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

501.BC/1–1547: Telegram


[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


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

500.A/1–3147: Telegram

  1. 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.
  2. Lot 58D133, a consolidated lot file in the Department of State containing documentation on armaments, regulation of armaments, and disarmament, 1943–1960.
  3. 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.
  4. Files of the United States Mission at the United Nations.