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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, 1948, vol. i, Part 1, pp. 311–505. For documentation on aspects of United States policy with respect to atomic energy other than international control, see pp. 419 ff. For documentation on United States national security policy, see pp. 249 ff. Regarding the international control of atomic energy, see Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, Atomic Shield, 1941–1952, volume ii of A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969).

[4] Memorandum by Mr. John C. Ross, Deputy to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin), to the Deputy United States Representative to the Security Council (Jessup)

[New York,] January 4, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files2

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

Washington, January 6, 1949—7 p. m.

501.BC/1–649: Telegram

[6] Memorandum by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Osborn)

[New York,] January 7, 1949.

USUN Files1

[7] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. Frederick H. Osborn and Charles H. Russell of the United States Mission at the United Nations

[New York,] January 19, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[8] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. Donald M. Leith and Charles H. Russell

[New York,] January 24, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[9] Minutes of the Ninety-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments, at the Department of State, January 26, 1949, 10:30 a. m.

January 26, 1949, 10:30 a.m.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[10] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. G. Hayden Raynor and Donald M. Leith

[Washington,] January 31, 1949.

501.BC Atomic/1–3149

[11] The Deputy United States Representative at the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

New York, February 1, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[16] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[New York,] February 16, 1949.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files1

[17] Position Paper Prepared by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments

[Washington,] March 2, 1949.

501.BC Armaments/3–349

[18] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Charles H. Russell, Adviser, United States Mission at the United Nations

[New York,] March 4, 1949.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[19] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[New York,] March 10, 1949.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[20] Memorandum by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[New York,] March 10, 1949.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[21] The Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Osborn) to the Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

New York, March 25, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[22] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. Frederick H. Osborn and Charles H. Russell of the United States Mission at the United Nations

[New York,] April 1, 1949.

Department of State Atomic Energy Files

[23] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Nash)

[New York,] April 13, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[24] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Nash)

[New York,] April 14, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[25] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Nash)

[New York,] April 27, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[26] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Executive Secretary of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments (Shooshan)

[New York,] May 9, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[27] The Alternate British Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Shone) to the Deputy United States Representative (Nash)

New York, 11 May 1949.1

USUN Files

[28] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Executive Secretary of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments (Shooshan)

[New York,] May 13, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[33] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[New York,] June 15, 1949.

Department of State Disarmament Files

Lot 58D133, a consolidated lot file in the Department of State containing documentation on regulation of armaments and disarmament, 1942–1962.↩
Files of the United States Mission at the United Nations.↩
Lot 57D688, a consolidated lot file in the Department of State containing documentation on atomic energy policy, 1944–1962.↩
Transmitted to the United States Delegation on May 12.↩

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, National Security Affairs, Foreign Economic Policy, Volume I

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

[4] Memorandum by Mr. John C. Ross, Deputy to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin), to the Deputy United States Representative to the Security Council (Jessup)

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

[6] Memorandum by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Osborn)

[7] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. Frederick H. Osborn and Charles H. Russell of the United States Mission at the United Nations

[8] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. Donald M. Leith and Charles H. Russell

[9] Minutes of the Ninety-fifth Meeting of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments, at the Department of State, January 26, 1949, 10:30 a. m.

[10] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. G. Hayden Raynor and Donald M. Leith

[11] The Deputy United States Representative at the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Director of the Office of United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

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

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

[14] Editorial Note

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

[16] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[17] Position Paper Prepared by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments

[18] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Charles H. Russell, Adviser, United States Mission at the United Nations

[19] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[20] Memorandum by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

[21] The Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Osborn) to the Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Rusk)

[22] Memorandum of Conversation, by Messrs. Frederick H. Osborn and Charles H. Russell of the United States Mission at the United Nations

[23] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Nash)

[24] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Nash)

[25] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Nash)

[26] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Executive Secretary of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments (Shooshan)

[27] The Alternate British Representative to the Commission for Conventional Armaments (Shone) to the Deputy United States Representative (Nash)

[28] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Executive Secretary of the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments (Shooshan)

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

[30] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Harry M. Shooshan, Jr., of the Division of International Security Affairs

[31] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Charles H. Russell, Adviser, United States Mission at the United Nations

[32] Editorial Note

[33] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy United States Representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn)

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, National Security Affairs, Foreign Economic Policy, Volume I

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

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