Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, General; the United Nations, Volume I, Part 1

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, 1947, vol. i, pp. 327–706. Documentation on aspects of United States policy with respect to atomic energy other than international control and documentation ‘on “United States national security policy are scheduled for publication in part 2 of the present volume. For additional documentation on the attitude of the Soviet Union concerning regulation of armaments, see vol. iv, pp. 788 ff., passim. For an informal summary record of policy developments concerning the international control of atomic energy, October 15, 1946, to May. 17, 1948, see The International Control of Atomic Energy: Policy at the Crossroads, Department of State Publication 3161 (Washington, 1948). Regarding attempts to “obtain: armed forces for the use of the Security Council, see Donald C. Blaisdell, “Arms for the United Nations,” in Department of State, Documents and State Papers, June 1948, pp. 141–158.

[197] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan) to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[Washington,] May 7, 1948.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[198] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by Mr. Edmund A. Gullion, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[Washington,] May 12, 1948.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[199] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Donald C. Blaisdell, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

[Washington,] May 18, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[200] Memorandum by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Osborn) to the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

[New York,] May 20, 1948.

[205] Memorandum of Staff Conference, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[New York,] June 28, 1948.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[206] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. G. Hayden Raynor, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of European Affairs (Hickerson)

[Washington,] June 28, 1948.

[207] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Howard C. Johnson, Jr., of the Division of International Security Affairs

[Washington,] June 28, 1948.

UNA Files: Lot 55D323

[208] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan) to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

[Washington,] June 29, 1948.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[209] The Deputy united States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to Mr. John C. Elliott of the Division of International Security Affairs

New York, June 30, 1948.

501.BC Atomic/6–3048

[216] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Executive Secretary of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments (Elliott)

[Washington,] August 3, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[217] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by Mr. Donald M. Leith of the Division of International Security Affairs

[Washington,] August 8, 1948.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[218] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. John C. Ross, Deputy to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

[New York,] August 6, 1948.

IO Files: US/A/1158, also US/AEC/21

[219] The Department of State to the British Embassy

Washington, August 7, 1948.

Department of State Disarmament Files