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. 327706. 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.


[250] The Secretary of State, in Paris, to the Acting Secretary of State

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

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[254] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin), in Paris

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[256] United States Delegation Memorandum of Conversations

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[260] Memorandum of Paris–Washington Teleconference

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[261] Memorandum of Washington–Paris Teleconference

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[267] United States Delegation Memorandum

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[268] Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly

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[270] United States Delegation Memorandum

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[272] Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly

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[273] The Secretary of State, in Paris, to the Acting Secretary of State

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