Foreign policy aspects of United States development of atomic energy 1

1. For extensive information on the formulation and execution of United States policy with respect to atomic energy, see Richard G. Hewlett and Oscar E. Anderson, Jr., The New World, 1939–1946: A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, vol. i . University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1962. Chapters 15 and 16 are of special interest in connection with the present compilation. For documentation on United States policy with respect to the international control of atomic energy, see ante, pp. 712728, passim. For documentation on United States national security policy, see ante, pp. 1110 ff. For documentation on the attitude of the Soviet Union with respect to atomic energy, see vol. vi, pp. 683866, passim.


[600] Memorandum by the Commanding General, Manhattan Engineer District (Groves)

Department of State Atomic Energy Files2


[601] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Truman

811.2423/1–546


[604] Draft Report to the Combined Policy Committee by a Sub-Committee

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[606] Statement by the British Ambassador (Halifax)

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[608] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Truman

811.2423/3–1446


[609] Proposal by the British Members of the Combined Policy Committee

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[610] The Commanding General, Manhattan Engineer District (Groves), to the Secretary of State

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[611] The Commanding General, Manhattan Engineer District (Groves), to the Secretary of State

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[612] Memorandum on Allocation by the British Members of the Combined Policy Committee

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[613] Memorandum by the United States Members of the Combined Policy Committee

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[615] The British Prime Minister (Attlee) to President Truman

Department of State Atomic Energy Files: Telegram


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

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[617] The Ambassador in Belgium (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

855.646/4–1846: Telegram


[618] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

811.2423/4–1846


[619] President Truman to the British Prime Minister (Attlee)

841.646/4–2046: Telegram


[624] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Belgium (Kirk)

855.646/4–1846: Telegram


[625] Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State (Acheson) to President Truman

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[627] Memorandum by a Subcommittee of the Combined Policy Committee to the Committee

Department of State Atomic Energy Files


[628] The Ambassador in Belgium (Kirk) to the Secretary of State

855.646/5–1846: Telegram

  1. Lot 57D688, the consolidated lot file on atomic energy, 1942–1962, located in the Department of State, including the records of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State on Atomic Energy and the records of the United States Delegation to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.