Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, National Security Affairs, Volume II, Part 2

Editorial Note

On April 5, 1954, the House of Commons adopted an opposition resolution recognizing the threat to civilization posed by the hydrogen bomb and urging that the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union meet to reconsider the question of regulation of armaments. During the course of the debate on the motion, British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill disclosed the provisions of the Quebec Agreement of 1943 For documentation on this episode, see volume VI. For the record of the debate in the House of Commons, see H. C. Deb. 5th series, volume 526, cols. 36 ff. For text of the Quebec Agreement, see Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Washington and Quebec, 1943, pages 1117–1119.