Office of the Historian

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. 712–1109. 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.”

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

New York, February 5, 1947—11:30 p.m.

501.BC/2–547: Telegram

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

New York, February 6, 1947—10:45 p.m.

500.A/2–647: Telegram

[231] The Secretary of War (Patterson) to the Secretary of State

Washington, 7 February 1947.

Department of State Disarmament Files

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

Washington, February 10, 1947—7 p.m.

500.A/2–747: Telegram

[235] Memorandum by Mr. James M. Ludlow of the Division of International Security Affairs

[Washington,] February 12, 1947.

Department of State Disarmament Files

[239] Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

[Washington,] February 14, 1947.

Department of State Disarmament Files

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

New York, February 24, 1947—2 p.m.

501.BC Atomic/2–2447: Telegram

[243] Memorandum by the Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal) to the Secretary of State

Washington, 25 February 1947.

Department of State Disarmament Files1

[245] The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Inverchapel)

Washington, March 5, 1947.

501.BC Armaments/2–1447

[247] The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Gallman) to the Secretary of State

London, March 12, 1947—4 p.m.

800.646/3–1247: Telegram

  1. Lot 65A987, certain files of H. Freeman Matthews.↩
  2. This document was signed by Patterson on February 19, and by Forrestal on February 21.↩
  3. Secretary Marshall acknowledged receipt of this memorandum on February 25 and stated that he had referred it to Joseph Johnson for reference to the Executive Committee on Regulation of Armaments. The exchange of notes was circulated in RAC as Doc. RAC D–11(WP–5), March 12. (Department of State Disarmament Files)↩
  4. Two lot files containing records of the Office of Special Political Affairs and its successor organization, the Office of United Nations Affairs, include documentation on the regulation of armaments and collective security for 1947: Lot 55D323 and Lot 428.↩