501.BC Armaments/2–1447
The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Inverchapel)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the British Ambassador and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of His Excellency’s Note No. 83, dated February 14, 1947 (Ref: 12/44/47)1 concerning proposals to be offered in the United Nations Commission For Conventional Armaments by the United Kingdom Representative.
This Government is pleased to observe that the views of the British Government regarding the principles which should underlie the work of the Commission coincide so closely with those of the United States Government. This Government believes that two of the most important factors involved in the “establishment of international confidence” are the satisfactory solution of the major issues involved in the peace settlements with Germany and Japan and the establishment of a system for the international control of atomic energy with effective safeguards.
The Government of the United States desires that the work of the new Commission should proceed in a manner consistent with these principles and will cooperate with other members of the Commission For Conventional Armaments to this end.
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