Foreign policy aspects of United States development of atomic energy 1

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Continued from Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. i, pp. 419 ff. For documentation on United States policy with respect to the regulation of armaments, including international control of atomic energy, see pp. 1 ff. For documentation on United States national security policy, see pp. 126 ff. Additional documentation on the attitude of the Soviet Union regarding atomic energy is scheduled for publication in volume iv. For documentation on United States–United Kingdom security arrangements in areas other than atomic energy, see vol. iii, pp. 1598 ff.

For extensive additional information, see Richard G. Hewlett and Francis Duncan, Atomic Shield, 1947–1952: A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, volume ii (University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969). Relevant memoir sources include David E. Lilienthal, The Atomic Energy Years, 1945–1950 (New York: Harper and Row, 1964); Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: Norton, 1969); and George F. Kennan, Memoirs: 1925–1950 (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967).


[189] Oral Communication of the Belgian Ambassador (Silvercruys)

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[191] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Lucius D. Battle, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State

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[193] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in South Africa

845A.2546/10–250: Telegram


[195] The Ambassador in Belgium (Murphy) to the Secretary of State

955.7138/11–1750: Telegram


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

845A.2546/12–850


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

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[201] The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

400.118/12–2350: Circular airgram

  1. Acheson and Bevin were chairmen of their respective delegations to the Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly which convened in New York on September 19.