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.”
[255] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
501.BC Armaments/3–3147: Telegram
[256] Memorandum by Mr. Wilder Foote to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
500.A/4–147
[257] Minutes of a Meeting of the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, Washington, April 2, 1947, 3 p.m.
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[258] Minutes of a Meeting of the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy, Washington, April 3, 1947, 3 p.m.
811.002/1–247
[259] Memorandum by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
Department of State Disarmament Files
[260] Memorandum by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments to the Secretaries of State, War, and Navy
Department of State Disarmament Files
[261] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
501.BC/4–2547: Telegram
[262] Memorandum Prepared in the Office of Special Political Affairs
SPA Files: Lot 55 D 323
[263] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
501.BC/5–147: Telegram
[264] Memorandum by the Associate Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Blaisdell) to the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Rusk)
SPA Files: Lot 55 D 323
[265] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
501. BC Armaments/4–2547: Telegram
[266] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
501.BC Armaments/5–647: Telegram
[267] Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Johnson) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
Department of State Disarmament Files
[268] The Deputy United States Representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Division of International Security Affairs
Department of State Atomic Energy Files
[269] The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
501.BC Armaments/5–2147: Telegram
[270] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. George H. Haselton of the Division of International Security Affairs
SPA Files: Lot 55D323
[271] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments
Department of State Disarmament Files
[272] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Associate Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Blaisdell)
501.BC Armaments/5–2947
[273] The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)
501.BC/6–347: Telegram
[274] The Secretary of War (Patterson) and the Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal) to the Secretary of State
Department of State Disarmament Files
[275] Memorandum by Mr. William T. Golden to the Secretary of State
501.BC Atomic/6–1147
[276] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Johnson)
501.BC Atomic/6–1047
[277] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
501.BC Atomic/6–1047: Telegram
[278] Report by the “Ad Hoc” Committee To Effect Collaboration on Security Functions of the United Nations to the State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee
SWNCC Files
[279] The Deputy United States Representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Johnson)
Department of State Atomic Energy Files
[280] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State
501.BC Atomic/6–1147: Telegram
[281] The Deputy United States Representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas)
Department of State Atomic Energy Files
[282] Memorandum by Mr. Edmund A. Gullion, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)
501.BC Atomic/6–1247
[283] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of International Security Affairs (Johnson)
501.BC Atomic/6–1347
[284] The Deputy United States Representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Secretary of State
501.BC Atomic/6–1347: Telegram