177. Editorial Note
The Subcommittee of the United Nations Disarmament Commission held 71 meetings (87th to 157th inclusive) in London between March 18 and September 6. Instructions for these negotiations are contained in Secretary of State Dulles’ letter to Harold E. Stassen, dated March 1. (Department of State, Central Files, 330.13/3–557) The Fourth Report of the Subcommittee of the Disarmament Commission, dated August 1 (U.N. doc. DC/112) and the Fifth Report of the Subcommittee, dated September 11 (U.N. doc. DC/113), are ibid., IO Files: Lot 70 A 6871, DC/112 and DC/113. Several proposals, working papers, memoranda, and statements made during these meetings are printed in Documents on Disarmament, 1945–1959, volume II, pages 752 ff. Verbatim records of all these meetings are in Department of State, IO Files: Lot 70 A 6871, DC/SC.l/PV.87–157.