A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents 1941-1949

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Department of State, 1985 - 969 pages
This 1950 collection of public documents on U.S. foreign policy of the period 1941-49 has been revised in connection with the events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. It retains nearly 90 percent of the documents in the original edition and includes 18 new ones to fill gaps in the historical record. The volume covers wartime documents looking toward peace, conferences on the peace settlement; the basic organization of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and programs; Latin America and the Caribbean; the war and peace settlements in Austria, Japan, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Rumania and Bulgaria; major postwar negotiations and issues concerning Canada, China, France, Greece and Turkey, U.K., the U.S.S.R.; human rights, and information and educational exchange; new nations such as India, Pakistan, Korea, and the Philippines; economic recovery; arms control, and national security. S/N 044-000-02050-5 (pbk.) $20.00.

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Contents

Third Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers New York City
75
Fifth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers London November
84
BASIC ORGANIZATION
93
Statute of the International Court of Justice June 26 1945
110
United Nations Participation Act December 20 1945
118
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations
125
Selection of Plants for Reparations Removals Destruction or Retention
126
April 13 1949
149
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND PRO
157
United States Participation in the Food and Agriculture Organization
169
Constitution of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
176
August 6 1945
182
Rejection of the Soviet Draft Convention by the United States
186
United States Participation in UNESCO July 30 1946
191
United States Participation in the IRO July 1 1947
214
b The Final Act September 2 1947 Excerpt
229
Address by Secretary Acheson Septem
242
United
247
Resolution 200 III of the General Assembly
257
Statement Issued by
259
b Extraterritorial Status of German Assets in Austria Not Defined
266
Principles Governing the General Regulation and Reduction of Arma
276
The Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of
284
Establishment of an Inter
294
Address by Secretary
303
Establishment of the Tripartite Commis
309
c Extension of the Bizonal Fusion Agreement June 30 1949
318
Statements by Secre
328
Independence December 15 1947
345
Conversations on Germany Between the United States the United
353
Note From Sec
359
Agreements on Germany by the United States the United Kingdom
363
Statement Issued
373
Agreement for an International Authority for the Ruhr April 28 1949
379
Protocol of Agreements
393
E Hungary
396
Treaty of Peace With Italy February 10 1947 Summary
402
Statement by Secretary Marshall June 2 1947
410
Directive to the Supreme Command
419
Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
433
125
437
129
444
130
452
H Rumania
455
Resolution 40 I of the Gen
458
Resolution 167 II of the General Assembly
514
Remarks by the American Ambas
527
Message From the Greek Prime Minister
529
Report to the Security Council by the Commission of Investigation
537
Agreement on Aid to Turkey July 12 1947
544
GreekTurkish Assistance Act of 1948 April 3 1948
552
Threats to the Political Independence and Territorial Integrity
560
Resolution 168 II of the General Assembly Octo
564
Draft Convention on the International Transmission of News and
576
Remarks by George V Allen American
584
Submission of the United States Draft Trusteeship Agreement for
596
N Turkish Straits
613
sador Smith May 9 1948
619
Document Submitted by
626
b Resolution 290 IV of the General Assembly December 1 1949
641
Discussion of the Dollar Earning Problem Between the United States
651
Letter
679
United States Proposals on the Veto Question March 10 1948
684
Resolution 293 IV of
686
Statement by President Truman October
692
Statement by Warren
709
Resolution 194
718
International Regime for the Jerusalem Area and Protection of the Holy
724
Agreement Between the United States and the Republic
731
Agreement Between the United
740
Statement by President
788
B Foreign Aid and Reconstruction
801
Statement by Soviet Foreign
807
Foreign Aid Interim Aid Act of 1947 December 17 1947
815
Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 April 3 1948
831
Act To Amend the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 April 19 1949
848
The Presidents Inaugural Address January
857
United
876
Relations Between the Atomic Development Authority and the Organs
883
Powers and Functions of an International Agency for the Control
889
Third
895
Statement
905
Implementation of General Assembly Resolution on the Principles Gov
909
NATIONAL SECURITY MATTERS
915
National Security Act of 1947 July 26 1947 Excerpts
921
Address by President Truman
930
The North Atlantic Treaty April 4 1949
936
Recommendation for Senate Advice and Consent to Ratification of
944
Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949 October 6 1949 Excerpts
957
SUMMARY INDEX
965

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