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 to implement article 43 of the United Nations charter by placing armed forces at the disposal of the Security Council 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. i, pp. 7 ff. For documentation on United States national security policy, see pp. 126 ff. For documentation on aspects of United States policy with respect to atomic energy other than international control, see pp. 493 ff. For documentation on the “Uniting for Peace” resolution adopted by the General Assembly, see vol. ii, pp. 303 ff. Additional documentation on the attitude of the Soviet Union concerning regulation of armaments and documentation on the Soviet “peace offensive” and the United States response are scheduled for publication in volume iv.


[31] Position Paper Prepared in the Department of State

IO Files: SD/A/C.1/337


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

Lot 65D238, memoranda of the Secretary of State’s conversations 1949–1952, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.


[35] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Philip C. Jessup, Ambassador at Large

IO Files: US/A/2512


[38] The Chargé in the Soviet Union ( Barbour ) to the Secretary of State

330.11/10–2650: Telegram


[39] The Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations

320/11–350: Telegram


[42] Memorandum by Mr. R. Gordon Arneson to the Secretary of State

PM Files


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

320/12–1250: Telegram