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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, General; The United Nations, Volume I

The United States program for providing relief assistance to war-devastated countries, upon the termination of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (unrra) 1

1. For related information on this subject, see the editorial note in Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. i, pp. 1446–1447.


[521] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy (Ness) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Clayton)

[Washington,] October 29, 1946.

840.50 UNRRA/10–2946


[522] Memorandum by the Staff Committee of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems to the National Advisory Council

[Washington,] February 14, 1947.

Lot 60–D 137, Box 8


[523] Text of Presidential Message to the Congress, Contained in Press Release Issued by the White House, February 21, 1947

February 21, 1947

840.50 UNRRA/2–2447


[524] Editorial Note


[525] The Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Thorp) to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives (Eaton)

Washington, April 23, 1947.

840.50 UNRRA/4–2347


[526] Editorial Note

Contents

  • Preface
  • Introductory note
  • List of abbreviations and symbols
  • Errata
  • Organization and arrangements for the conduct of United States relations with the United Nations (Documents 1–7)
  • General United States policy toward the United Nations:
    • I. The United States and the United Nations: the United States initiative, September 1947 (Documents 8–10)
    • II. The United States position regarding the place of meeting of the third regular session of the General Assembly in 1948 (Documents 11–15)
    • III. Establishment of the seat of the United Nations in the United States: the Headquarters and Interim Headquarters agreements; the proposed general convention on privileges and immunities of the United Nations; the question of financing construction of the Headquarters (Documents 16–41)
  • The deteriorating political climate in the General Assembly: the Warmongering Resolution (Documents 42–61)
  • The United States at the United Nations: the United States position regarding certain problems of United Nations organization and procedure:
    • I. United States policy regarding elections to certain organs, commissions, and committees of the United Nations (Documents 62–110)
    • II. Interest of the United States in increasing the effectiveness of the United Nations: United States proposals for the establishment of an interim committee of the General Assembly and for a study of voting procedure in the Security Council (Documents 111–144)
    • III. United States policy regarding the question of admission of new members into the United Nations (Documents 145–160)
    • IV. Policy of the United States regarding the apportionment of expenses of the regular (administrative) budget of the United Nations among members of the Organization (Document 161)
  • The first special session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, April and May 1947
  • Negotiation of the trusteeship agreement for the former Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific concluded between the United States and the Security Council of the United Nations, April 2, 1947 (Documents 162–176)
  • United States policy regarding non-self-governing territories outside the United Nations trusteeship system; the question of transmission of information under Article 73(e) of the Charter (Documents 177–191)
  • United States adherence to agreements establishing the Caribbean Commission and the South Pacific Commission (Documents 192–194)
  • 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 (Documents 195–377)
  • United States national security policy: the extension of military assistance to foreign nations; estimates of threats to the national security; coordination of political and military policy; policy with respect to the acquisition of military bases and air transit rights; foreign policy aspects of the stockpiling of strategic and critical materials (Documents 378–395)
  • Foreign policy aspects of United States development of atomic energy (Documents 396–452)
  • United States interest in international economic collaboration for the expansion of world trade and employment: negotiations at Geneva leading to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and to the convening of the Havana Conference (Documents 453–519)
  • The United States foreign assistance program as of December 31, 1947 (Document 520)
  • The Marshall Plan
  • The United States program for providing relief assistance to war-devastated countries, upon the termination of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (unrra) (Documents 521–526)
  • United States policies regarding the problem of critical world shortages in food, fuel, and industrial items: messages and statements relating thereto (Document 527)
  • The International Telecommunication Conferences, at Atlantic City, May 16–October 2, 1947 (Document 528)
  • United States policy with regard to the Polar Regions (Documents 529–540)
  • Index

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