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. 7121109. 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.”


[316] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

501.BC/7–847: Telegram


[322] Memorandum by the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments

Department of State Disarmament Files


[334] Memorandum by Mr. Edmund A. Gullion to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


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

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[337] Report by the Policy Planning Staff

Policy Planning Staff Files


[340] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

501.BC Atomic/8–2747: Telegram


[341] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Clark) to the Secretary of State

501.BC Atomic/8–2947: Telegram


[342] Position Paper Prepared in the Department of State

IO Files: SD/A/C.1/79


[343] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

501.BC/8–2947: Telegram


[344] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Brazil

501.BC Atomic/9–447: Telegram

  1. Folder “Committee 1, Interim General Assembly Committee on Peace and Security”.
  2. Folder “Committee, Interim General Assembly Committee on Peace and Security”.