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Documents relating to security & defence, inc. Ministry of Defence, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), & United Nations Security Council (UNSC), 1944-1961

Collection: Establishing the Post-War International Order, 1944-1961    Volumes    Documents relating to security & defence, inc. Ministry of Defence, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), & United Nations Security Council (UNSC), 1944-1961

The post-war international order came to be defined by the Cold War. This volume contains records from three British government departments—the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Defence, and Foreign Office—and two international bodies—the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and United Nations Security Council (UNSC)—that shed light on the military dimensions of this divide. 

The records, which cover the period 1944–1961, include materials on the Korean War, NATO’s nuclear strategy, and arms control, as well as American, Chinese, and Soviet representations to the UNSC. 

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CAB 117/58 - U.N.founding, Comments on the 'Atlantic Charter', the joint declaration by the US and British governments on 'Common principles'., 1941-1943

Date:1941-1943
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G01
Archive Reference(s):CAB 117/58

NATO: war-time commodity problems., 1954 Aug - 1959 Dec

Date:1954-1959
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G03
Archive Reference(s):CAB 21/3795; CAB 21/3796; CAB 21/3797; CAB 21/3798

DEFE 4/13/69 - Minutes of Meeting Number 69 of 1948. 1) Military Committee to The Five Powers and the Air Advisory Committee. 2) Stocks of Civilian Respirators. 3) German Police Force. 4) Egyptian Customs Agreement. 5) US Military exercises in Labrador. 6) Censorship. 7) Trieste - Violation of Inter Zone Boundary by Jugoslavs. 8) Palestine - return of Jewish Detainees from Kenya. 9) Flying Restrictions in Egypt. 10) Fighting Services Strategic Wireless Network. 11) Trieste - report of the administration of the British/United States Zone for the period 1st Jan to 31st Mar 1948, by Major Gen TS Airey. 12) Military Staff Committee - Paris Session of General Assembly. 13) Combined Operations - Appointments., 1948 May 21

Date:1969-1969
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G04
Archive Reference(s):DEFE 4/13/69

Economic work of NATO; committees on wartime economic organisation, wartime commodity problems, food and agriculture planning and coal and steel planning. Code M file 1036., 1952

Date:1952-1952
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G05
Archive Reference(s):FO 371/100177; FO 371/100178

FO 371/101340 - Soviet call for discussion of bacteriological warfare in the Security Council; Soviet charges of use by UN forces of germ warfare in Korea but veto on important investigations; recognition by China of the Geneva Protocol of 1925 prohibiting use of bacteriological warfare along with poison gas warfare. Code UP file 213.

Date:1952-1952
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G06
Archive Reference(s):FO 371/101340

FO 371/101341 - Security Council elections to non-permanent seats; various countries proposed as candidates; various requests for UK support; US support for Denmark and Lebanon; Colombia to represent Latin America. Code UP file 218.

Date:1952-1952
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G07
Archive Reference(s):FO 371/101341

FO 371/101357 - Discussions on the reduction of staff of the UK Delegation to the UN Military Staff Committee of the Security Council. Code UP file 237.

Date:1952-1952
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G08
Archive Reference(s):FO 371/101357

FO 371/101395 - HMG's prevention of discussion of Tunis in the Security Council; Franco-Tunisian affairs; question of UN competence to interfere; India's anxiety about future of UN if smaller countries' disputes are refused an airing. Code UP file 2429.

Date:1952-1952
Contributor:The National Archives
Identifier:73396-G09
Archive Reference(s):FO 371/101395
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