Truman addressing the United Nations Conference.   About the Collection   This collection focuses on President Truman and the United Nations. It includes 127 documents totaling 789 pages, covering the years 1945-1953. Also available is the United Newsreel, "San Francisco Conference Moves Ahead." Collection Search:			Documents                               Date                          Document Titles 1945 April White House press release, dated April 14, 1945, announcing that Soviet Foreign Secretary Molotov would attend the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (1 page)            Memo, dated April 18, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman asking whether Isador Lubin should continue as a U.S. representative to the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, and including notation by Truman. Attached is a May 16, 1945 letter from Lubin to William Barnes asking that his official title on his commission be changed. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages)            Letter, dated April 18, 1945, from John Ross Delafield to President Harry S. Truman, forwarding a copy of notes made by himself and Oxford professor Robert McElroy of what they thought essential in the United Nations organization, and noting a conversation between himself and Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning a post-war United Nations organization, and presidential secretary William Hassett's April 21, 1945 note thanking Delafield. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (10 pages)            Letter, dated April 19, 1945, from U.S. Rep. James P. Geelan to President Harry S. Truman, noting that the Meriden (Connecticut) Chapter of the American Association of the United Nations adopted a resolution endorsing the Dumbarton Oaks proposals. Attached is an April 23, 1945 thank you note to Geelan from presidential secretary William Hassett and an April 18, 1945 letter of support for Dumbarton Oaks from the Los Angeles Section of the National Council of Jewish Juniors. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Memo, dated April 19, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman proposing to notify the press that while the Soviet Government wishes the Provisional Government of Poland in Warsaw be invited to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, the U.S. supports inviting only the New Provisional Government of National Unity. Included is a cover memo, dated April 19, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to Leonard Reinsch regarding a note that Reinsch had given Stettinius concerning Polish representation at the conference. Also included is an exchange of memos and a letter, spanning April 22, 1945-April 25, 1945, concerning a request by Dr. Stephen Wise that the American Zionist Council be allowed to seat a representative at the conference. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (5 pages)            Memo, dated April 19, 1945, to from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, listing key changes to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals that the American delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization planned to propose at the conference. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (5 pages)            Minutes of an April 23, 1945 meeting among representatives of the United States, China, the Soviet Union, and Britain, in which they discussed issues surrounding the United Nations Conference on International Organization, including leadership of the conference, the structure of its committees and commissions, and official languages. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (12 pages)            Memo, dated April 25, 1945, from Acting Secretary Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman summarizing developments in Germany, France, and Yugoslavia, and describing a request by a former Argentine finance minister to allow Argentina to briefly delay signing the United Nations Declaration. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (2 pages)            Address by Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. at the opening of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, at San Francisco, on April 25, 1945. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (3 pages)            Text of President Harry S. Truman's address to the delegates to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, dated April 25, 1945, in which he invokes the spirit of common humanity and describes the task of the delegates: to create the structure of the United Nations organization. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Memo, dated April 27, 1945, from Acting Secretary Joseph H. Grew to President Harry S. Truman, outlining initial developments at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, including discussion about election of conference leaders. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (3 pages)   May Letter, dated May 1, 1945 from James P. Fitzpatrick to President Harry S. Truman, praising the president's selection of Edwin Pauley as a U.S. representative on the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission. Attached is a May 11, 1945 thank you note to Fitzpatrick from presidential secretary William Hassett. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages)            Memo, dated May 1, 1945, from Acting Secretary Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman transmitting an attached memo from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. listing proposed changes to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, in addition to changes listed in an April 19, 1945 memo from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to Truman  View this document (8 pages)            Memo, dated May 1, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to Harry S. Truman, describing Soviet resistance to Argentina being included in the United Nations Conference on International Organization, a steering committee vote approving Argentine participation, and unsuccessful attempts by the Soviet Minister to delay a full vote on the question of Argentinian participation, which was approved in plenary session. The steering committee also rejected participation of private groups in the conference. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (5 pages)            Memo, dated May 2, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, regarding assignments of positions to various countries on committees and commissions of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, voting procedure in public sessions, and proposed alterations to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (6 pages)            Memorandum, dated May 4, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, describing amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals that were accepted by the four powers sponsoring the United Nations Conference on International Organization. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (5 pages)            Memo, dated May 5, 1945, to President Harry S. Truman, outlining additional amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals that were agreed upon by the four powers sponsoring the United Nations Conference on International Organization. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (5 pages)            Letter, dated May 14, 1945 from President Harry S. Truman to Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew, assuring Grew that U.S. representatives fo the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission will coordinate and conduct their negotiations in consultation with the U.S. State Department and consistent with U.S. foreign policy. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)            May 15, 1945 draft and final statement by President Harry S. Truman expressing general support for the position of the U.S. representatives to the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission that there ought to be an absolute prohibition against Japanese and German rearmament.  View this document (2 pages)            Note, dated May 23, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to Matthew Connelly with enclosed photostat of a memo outlining major problems pending before the United Nations Conference on International Organization, including voting in the United Nations Security Council, and the right of withdrawal, with President Harry S. Truman's approval and comments on various items in the memo. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (5 pages)            Letter, dated May 31, 1945, from Louis A. Laughlin to President Harry S. Truman, criticizing the United Nations charter on the grounds that it leaves open the question of when force should be used by the UN against one nation invading another. Laughlin wishes Truman well in his work on the United Nations. Attached is a June 25, 1945 thank you note from presidential secretary William Hassett to Laughlin. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)   June Memo, dated June 1, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, describing the issues stalling adjournment of the United Nations Conference on International Organization and estimating the likely date of conference adjournment as June 15. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (2 pages)            Memo, dated June 2, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, outlining developments at a Big Five meeting, which focused on voting and amendment procedure, and nomination of judges and the Secretary General. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (3 pages)            Memo, dated June 2, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, detailing developments at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, with particular focus on disagreements between the United States and Soviet delegations over interpretation of the Yalta formula, and agreements for the provision of military forces to the United Nations, among other points of dispute. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (9 pages)            Cover memo, dated June 2, 1945, from Acting Secretary Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman. Enclosed is a message from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Averell Harriman, reporting a crisis at the United Nations Conference on International Organization because of a disagreement between the United States and Soviet delegations over a Soviet proposal that any member nation have the right to veto United Nations consideration and discussion of a dispute, and requesting that Harriman raise the issue with Soviet leader Josef Stalin. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (5 pages)            Memo, dated June 8, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman reporting developments at the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, including an agreement among the so-called Big Five that no single member nation would have the power to prevent the U.N. Security Council from hearing, discussing, or considering a dispute. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (3 pages)            Memo, dated June 8, 1945, from Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. to President Harry S. Truman, reporting developments at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, including an agreement among the Big Five that no single member nation could, on its own, use the veto power to stand in the way of the U.N. Security Council hearing, considering and discussing a dispute. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (3 pages)            Letter, dated June 12, 1945, from Edwin Pauley, U.S. representative to the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, to President Harry S. Truman, comparing conditions in Soviet versus U.S. occupied Berlin, criticizing the character of the U.S. occupation, and urging Truman to set the groundwork for a new policy that would stress the re-education of the German people and the rebuilding of Germany within the U.S. occupied zone. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)            Personal letter, dated June 14, 1945, from New York Times foreign correspondent Ray Brook to President Harry S. Truman, criticizing the performance of the United States delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization and personally protesting United States foreign policy towards the Soviet Union, particularly Eastern Europe. Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Certificate, dated June 23, 1945, signed by representatives of China, Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States, thanking all members of the International Secretariat for their work in creating the United Nations Charter at the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (1 page)            Letter, dated June 27, 1945 from President Harry S. Truman notifying Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr. that he accepts Stettinius' resignation and that Truman intends to nominate Stettinius as U.S. Representative to the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Telegram, dated June 28, 1945, from Chinese leader Chiang Kai-Shek to President Harry S. Truman, congratulating him, on behalf of the Chinese people, for the successful conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and thanking him for the hospitality extended to the Chinese delegation. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (5 pages)   July Text of Harry S. Truman's July 2, 1945 address to the U.S. Senate (Senate Document No. 70, 79th Congress, 1st Session), presenting the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the International Court of Justice, together with the text of the United Nations Charter. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (45 pages)            Letters, spanning July 5, 1945-July 6, 1945, between President Harry S. Truman and Edward R. Stettinius Jr. regarding financing both Stettinius' United Nations position and staff through an allotment from the Presidential Emergency Fund, and a July 4, 1945 letter from Truman to Stettinius designating Stettinius as personal representative of the president at the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (6 pages)            Correspondence, spanning July 30, 1945-August 8, 1945 between the White House and the U.S. State Department, and between the White House and the American Association for the United Nations, Inc., regarding the president's pending signature of the United Nations Charter, which had been ratified by the U.S. Senate. Included is the text of President Harry S. Truman's statement to the American Association for the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (5 pages)   August Letters, memos, and a press release, spanning August 8, 1945-August 9, 1945, regarding President Harry S. Truman's appointment of Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as U.S. Representative on the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (7 pages)   September Letter, dated September 4, 1945, from President Harry S. Truman to Adlai Stevenson appointing Stevenson as Deputy U.S. Representative on the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations. Attached are documents related to the appointment, including a press release. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Letters and memoranda, spanning September 24, 1945-October 22, 1945, among President Harry S. Truman and top U.S. State Department officials, as well as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Robert E. Hannegan, covering a broad range of United Nations issues, including the U.N.'s headquarters location, its charter, representation, membership, and leadership selection. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (14 pages)   October Letter, dated October 22, 1945, from U.S. Representative Jay LeFevre to President Harry S. Truman, urging that Hyde Park, N.Y. be selected as the permanent site of the United Nations. Attached is an October 25, 1945, letter from presidential secretary Matthew Connelly saying that Truman was leaving the decision to Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages)   November Series of letters, spanning November 21, 1945-December 17, 1945, initiated by a November 21, 1945 letter from Alan Cranston, chairman of the Dublin Committee, requesting that some members of his committee personally meet with president Harry S. Truman to present their position on the inadequacies of the United Nations Charter. The request was granted. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (6 pages)   December Letter, dated December 21, 1945, from President Harry S. Truman to Edward R. Stettinius Jr., appointing Stettinius as U.S. Representative to the United Nations and as U.S. Representative on the United Nations Security Council. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages) 1946 January Radiogram, dated January 10, 1946, from William Green of the American Federation of Labor, to James F. Byrnes regretting that the AFL was denied the opportunity to be represented at the United Nations Conference and setting forth the AFL's positions on U.N. organizational issues. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (2 pages)            Letter, dated January 12, 1946, from President Harry S. Truman to U.S. Ambassador to Britain John G. Winant designating Winant to act as U.S. representative in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations for the council's organizing meetings. Attached are documents related to the appointment. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (5 pages)            Memo, dated January 15, 1946, from Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Matthew J. Connelly thanking Connelly for letting him see the teletype conference between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James Byrnes. Attached is the January 12, 1945 text of the conference in which Byrnes and Truman cover several United Nations related issues. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (4 pages)   February Letter, dated February 5, 1946, from Josephus Daniels, president of the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer, to President Harry S. Truman, supporting Hyde Park, N.Y. as the site for United Nations headquarters, and Truman's February 9, 1946 reply. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (2 pages)   March Memo, dated March 6, 1946, from U.S. State Department Acting Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward to presidential secretary Matthew Connelly asking whether on his visit to Washington, D.C. United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie might meet with President Harry S. Truman. Attached is correspondence related to Lie's invitation to Truman to address the opening of the 1946 session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, and two notes regarding Truman's meetings with Lie. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Offical File.  View this document (4 pages)            File copy of the First Annual Report to the Congress delivered by President Harry S. Truman regarding United States activities in the United Nations. Truman transmitted the report to the U.S. Congress on the First Part of the First Session of the General Assembly in London, England on March 19, 1946. From the Papers of Harry Truman, Official File.  View this document (10 pages)   April Memo, dated April 29, 1946, notifying President Harry S. Truman that the United States should fulfill obligations under the United Nations Charter to report to the United Nations Secretary General information on non-self-governing territories and island possessions of the United States, and an exchange of letters, dated June 19, 1950 and July 24, 1950, between the Citizens' Committee of San Francisco and Vice President Alben Barkley regarding an invitation to personally deliver or record an address for the 5th anniversary celebration of the signing of the United Nations Charter. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official Files.  View this document (3 pages)   May Letters, spanning May 1, 1945-May 10, 1945, between President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson, regarding a request by Edwin Pauley, U.S. representative on the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, to have colonels Jay L. Taylor and E.E. Fogelson assist him. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)            Excerpt from President Harry S. Truman's May 2, 1946 radio conference touching on a reparations plan for Japan and its relationship to formation of a long-range plan for the transition to a peaceful economy in East Asia. Attached are 1) a May 2, 1945 letter from Edwin Pauley, U.S. representative to the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, to Truman suggesting a possible response to a question he anticipates will be asked Truman at an upcoming press conference 2) a June 17, 1946 letter from presidential secretary Matthew Connelly to Richard S. Childs asking if Dr. Luther Gulick might be available to serve as an advisor to Pauley on the Reparations Commission, 3) Connelly's thank you note to Childs for making Dr. Gulick available, and 4) a June 25, 1946 memo from Connelly to Justin Wolfe. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (6 pages)            Series of letters, spanning May 2, 1946-May 18, 1946, among President Harry S. Truman and key economic officials in his administration, regarding Truman's May 2 request that the activities of Edwin Pauley, a U.S. representative on the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, be coordinated with the international economic activities of a variety of federal agencies. Also included is a May 9, 1945 letter from Ashland Oil & Refining Co. Chairman Paul G. Blazer acceding to Truman's request that company president Howard Marshall serve on Pauley's staff. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (12 pages)            Letters, spanning May 11-May 23, 1945, between the White House and the Bureau of the Budget, regarding a request by Edwin Pauley, U.S. representative on the United Nations Allied Reparations Commission, to secure the services of Dr. Luther Gulick, an administrative consultant for the Bureau. Also included are two letters discussing how Gulick should be paid for his work with Pauley. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (6 pages)            Letters, spanning May 13, 1946-May 24, 1946, between President Harry S. Truman and Edward R. Stettinius Jr., regarding discussions with New York Mayor William O'Dwyer on issues related to selection, establishment, and financing of a permanent United Nations headquarters. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)            Telegram, dated May 13, 1946, from Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. to President Harry S. Truman (with a copy to Dean Acheson), contending that the U.S. government should support and assist the United Nations in staying in New York for a three to five year interim period. Attached is a May 14, 1946 memo from Dean Acheson to Truman supporting Stettinius' recommendation, as well as a suggested draft telegram from Truman to Stettinius. Confidential File.  View this document (5 pages)            Telegram, dated May 15, 1946, from President Harry S. Truman to Clark M. Eichelberger, Director, American Association for the United Nations, joining Eichelberger in welcoming John G. Winant in his new role as U.S. Representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Attached is a draft of the letter, as well as a memo from Francis H. Russell, Acting Director of the U.S. State Department Office of Public Affairs, to presidential secretary William Hassett, attaching the draft letter. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)            Correspondence, spanning May 17, 1946-May 22, 1946, between President Harry S. Truman, Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and John Snyder, director of the U.S. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, resulting in Snyder being given authority to act in Truman's behalf in working with federal agencies to make federal facilities available to the United Nations for a temporary New York headquarters. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (5 pages)   June June 5, 1946 document regarding President Harry S. Truman's announcement that he will not immediately appoint a successor to Edwin R. Stettinius Jr. as the president's personal representative on the United Nations Security Council but that once Vermont Senator Warren R. Austin's term expired he planned to nominate Austin to succeed Stettinius. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)   July Letter, dated July 15, 1946, from Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, recommending that the United States vote in favor of admitting Trans-Jordan into the United Nations, and an attached memo detailing the United States State Department's position on the question of admitting Trans-Jordan to the United Nations. From the Confidential File.  View this document (8 pages)            List dated, July 18, 1946, by President Harry S. Truman to the U.S. Senate, of Truman's nominations of U.S. representatives to the 2nd part of the United Nations General Assembly's first session in 1946. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (2 pages)            Letters, dated, July 19, 1946, from John Foster Dulles and Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg to President Harry S. Truman, Dulles thanking Truman for reappointment as an alternate U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly, and Vandenberg thanking Truman for a July 18th letter. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (2 pages)            Letters, dated, July 20, 1946, from President Harry S. Truman to Vermont Senator Warren Austin expressing pleasure at nominating Austin as the U.S. Senior Representative to the United Nations General Assembly, and Austin's July 19 letter to Truman accepting the appointment. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (2 pages)   August Letters, dated August 3, 1946, from President Harry S. Truman to Vermont Senator Warren Austin designating Austin to act as his personal representative to the United Nations, as well as a June 8, 1946 letter from James F. Byrnes to Mr. Latta enclosing a letter of appointment for Truman's signature. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages)            Cover letter, dated August 27, 1946, from Gordon Williams to E.A. Locke, introducing the attached July 15, 1946 report from the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations to the U.S. Secretary of State. The report, by John G. Winant, the U.S. representative on the council, reviews the work of the council in 1945 and 1946. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (86 pages)   September Documents, spanning September 7, 1946 - September 10, 1946, regarding a potential delay in the opening of the United Nations General Assembly 1946 session. Included are a memo from the Director of the American Association for the United Nations, Inc., Clark M. Eichelberger, telegrams, a thank you letter, and a list of the membership of American Association for the United Nations, Inc. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (5 pages)   October Memo, dated October 17, 1946 from presidential secretary Matthew Connelly to President Harry S. Truman, regarding a call by Sol Bloom cautioning that it would be a mistake to go forward with plans to acquire the Old World's Fair in New York site for the United Nations headquarters. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (5 pages)            Documents, spanning October 21, 1946-September 7, 1947, regarding President Harry S. Truman's attendance at the opening sessions of the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 and 1947. A memorandum from Alger Hiss to Clark Clifford concerns the schedule for the opening session in 1946, including the time Truman's address is to begin, and a U.S. Secret Service schedule shows Truman's schedule for October 21, 1946. Also included is a memo recommending that Truman not attend the opening session of the 1947 General Assembly. A June 5, 1947 attached statement by Truman concerns Palestinian issues. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (6 pages)   November Memorandum, dated November 2, 1946, from Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, listing candidates to represent the United States on the commissions of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Attached are biographical sketches of five of the candidates. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (9 pages)            Memo, dated November 27, 1946, from Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson to President Harry S. Truman, stating that it would be practicable for the War Department to make available the Presidio of San Francisco for the headquarters of the United Nations. Attached is a November 25, 1946 memo to Acting U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson from Senator Warren Austin asking Acheson to discuss the idea of offering the Presidio to the United Nations for its headquarters. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (4 pages)            Memo, dated November 29, 1946, from the Office of the U.S. Attorney General to President Harry S. Truman, analyzing the legal issues involved with transferring the Presidio to the United Nations and recommending that the transfer be made contingent on approval by Congress. President's Secretary's File.  View this document (3 pages)   December Telegrams, dated December 6 and December 12, 1946, from Pennsylvania Senator Francis J. Myers to President Harry S. Truman, expressing concern that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations publicly supported the Presidio as a site, asking for impartiality in the selection process and that Philadelphia be given a fair chance at getting the United Nations headquarters. Attached is Truman's December 9, 1946, reply stating that he has no preference in regards to which U.S. city the United Nations selects for the site of its headquarters. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Letters, spanning December 18, 1946-December 23, 1946, between U.S. representative to the United Nations Warren Austin and President Harry S. Truman.  View this document (3 pages)            Resignation letter, dated December 19, 1946, to President Harry S. Truman from John G. Winant, U.S. representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and Truman's January 2, 1947 reply regretfully accepting Winant's resignation. Attached are U.S. State Department copies of the letters, along with a January 6, 1947 filing note by Executive Clerk M.K. Latta. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (8 pages) 1947 January Documents, spanning January and February 1947, regarding an offer of an $8.5 million gift by John D. Rockefeller to the United Nations to purchase a headquarters site in New York City, contingent on the federal government exempting the gift from federal gift taxes. Documents focus on language for amending the Internal Revenue Service Code to exempt gifts to the United Nations. Included is a proposed joint resolution for Congress to enact the exemption. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (11 pages)            Memo, dated January 3, 1947, from presidential secretary William Hassett to Mr. Latta regarding the nomination of Vermont Senator Warren Austin as U.S. representative to the United Nations, as well as a document listing nominations sent to the Senate on January 10, 1947. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages)            Memo from the U.S. State Department to President Harry S. Truman, dated January 27, 1947, transmitting the nomination of Francis Biddle as U.S. representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, together with a biographical sketch of Biddle as well as Biddle's June 30, 1947 letter to Truman requesting withdrawal of his nomination and Truman's July 12, 1947 reply stating that Biddle's request would be honored. Attached are U.S. State Department copies of the letters, along with a July 14, 1947 filing note by Executive Clerk M.K. Latta. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (7 pages)   February Letter, dated February 28, 1947, designating Leroy Stinebower, the Special Assistant to the U.S. State Department's Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, as acting U.S. representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, pending qualification of a regular representative. Attached is a February 28, 1947 letter from Dean Acheson to Truman recommending Stinebower be named as the acting representative to the council, as well as a letter of transmittal. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)   April Memo, dated April 14, 1947, from Acting U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman transmitting the nominations of Warren Austin and Herschel V. Johnson as U.S. representative and alternative U.S. representative to the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)            Memo, dated April 17, 1947, from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman focusing on the composition of a committee that would be appointed, at an upcoming special session of the United Nations General Assembly, to examine Palestinian issues. Acheson favors the selection of a small committee of "comparatively disinterested" states. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (3 pages)            April 28, 1947 document considering how to capitalize on Truman's success with the United Nations in view of the upcoming 1948 presidential campaign. Attached is an October 18, 1951 memo from Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman urging him not to comment to the press about either Senate consideration of his appointments to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, or the possibility of recess appoinments to the entire delegation. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (2 pages)   June Cover memo, dated June 13, 1947, to President Harry S. Truman. Enclosed is a letter from United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie requesting that Truman record a short speech for broadcasting during ceremonies commemorating the United Nation's 2nd anniversary. Attached is the text of Truman's radio address. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman Official File.  View this document (6 pages)   July Memo, dated July 24, 1947, from the U.S. State Department to President Harry S. Truman, as well as attached documents, all related to salary rates for U.S. representatives to the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (9 pages)   September Memo, dated September 14th, 1947 from George Marshall to President Harry S. Truman, outlining the United States position on principle political problems to be discussed before the United Nations General Assembly, September 16th, 1947. These include: membership, voting procedure and the abuse of the veto in the United Nations, conflict in Greece and Korea, the establishment of an interim committee on peace and security, and the regulation and reduction of conventional armaments. From the Confidential File.  View this document (4 pages) 1948 February Documents, dated February through April, 1948, concerning a proposed $65 million loan from the United States government to the United Nations for financing construction of a United Nations permamenent headquarters. Included are memos, draft press releases, a memo detailing developments leading up to proposal of the loan, a draft bill authorizing the loan, and the loan agreement.  View this document (22 pages)   April April 7, 1948 message from President Harry S. Truman to the U.S. Congress transmitting for their consideration an agreement for an interest-free $65 million load from the United States to the United Nations to finance construction of a permanent headquarters, and asking Congress to approve the agreement. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages)            Memo, dated April 13, 1948, from Acting U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lovett to President Harry S. Truman regarding U.S. representatives and two alternates to the United Nations General Assembly's Special Session. Attached are biographical sketches of the nominees. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)   May Memos and letters spanning May 19, 1948-May 28, 1948, regarding the resignation of Herschel Johnson as Deputy U.S. Representative on the United Nations Security Council and the nomination of Philip C. Jessup as his successor. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (7 pages)   August Letter, dated August 6, 1948, from Francis B. Sayre, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council, to President Harry S. Truman, summarizing the work of the council in its 1948 session and describing problems arising from Soviet participation in the council. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (2 pages)            Letter, dated August 6, 1948, from Francis B. Sayre, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council, to President Harry S. Truman, summarizing the work of the council in its 1948 session and describing problems arising from Soviet participation in the council, and Truman's August 10, 1948 letter in reply. From the Confidential File.  View this document (3 pages)            August 11, 1948 statement by President Harry S. Truman announcing that he signed the U.S. Senate's resolution authorizing a $65 million interest-free loan to the United Nations for construction of its headquarters in New York. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)   September Letter, dated September 1, 1948, from President Harry S. Truman to Harley Hise, Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corp., requesting that $25 million be immediately disbursed to the U.S. State Department which will advance the money to the United Nations to starat construction of its headquarters, and Hise's September 2, 1948 reply that the transfer was made. Attached are related documents. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (9 pages)   November Telegrams, and a letter, spanning November 7, 1948-November 14, 1948, beween President Harry S. Truman and the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Eleanor Roosevelt. Correspondence touches on Truman's reelection and activity at the United Nations General Assembly. From the Confidential File.  View this document (4 pages)            Memo, dated November 26, 1948, from Herbert Victor Evatt, President of the United Nations General Assembly, to President Harry S. Truman, transmitted to Truman via the U.S. State Department, thanking Truman for U.S. cooperation in helping the United Nations secure and finance a headquarters in New York City. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (1 page) 1949          Documents concerning activities at the United Nations General Assembly during its 1949 session. Included is a memo from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman recommending Philippine General Carlos Romulo for President of the 1949 General Assembly. Also included are an activity report from United States Representative of the Trusteeship Council Francis B. Sayre to Truman, and Truman's reply, including drafts. From the Confidential File.  View this document (9 pages)   January January 10, 1949 letter from John Foster Dulles to President Harry S. Truman resigning as a United States representative to the 3rd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)            Letter, dated January 16, 1949, from Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, to President Harry S. Truman, offering to resign, and Truman's February 21, 1949 reply refusing to accept Roosevelt's offer and noting that he was sending to the U.S. Senate for confirmation her renomination as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages)   February Letter, dated February 4, 1949 from John E. Puerifoy lto Donald Dawson regarding the resignation of Benjamin V. Cohen as U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)            Memos and letters spanning, February 8, 1949-November 4, 1949, regarding presidential appointments to the United Nations Security Council and to the Interim Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (8 pages)   March Series of letters and memoranda, spanning March 17, 1949-March 22, 1949, between presidential secretary William Hassett, Clark M. Clifford, and President Harry S. Truman, regarding American activities in the United Nations during the year 1948. Included is a letter from Clifford to Truman ensuring acceptability of a report on American activities at the U.N. for the year 1948, and a request for Truman's approval of the report. Also included is a letter of transmittal detailing the State Department report on current U.N. activities, as well as a copy of Truman's official Report to Congress on the state of American activities in the U.N. during the year 1948. From the Papers of Harry Truman, Official File.  View this document (9 pages)            Series of documents, spanning March 17, 1949- March 22, 1949, that includes a memorandum from presidential secretary William D. Hassett to Clark M Clifford, concerning changes to the Final Report to the Congress on United States activities in the United Nations for the year 1948. Also included is a transmittal letter summarizing the report, as well as a copy of the official report authorized by President Harry S. Truman.  View this document (6 pages)   May Memo of conversation dated May 4, 1949, noting the discussion in a meeting among President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, Foreign Minister of Australia and President of the United Nations General Assembly, and the Chief of Protocol Mr. Woodward. At the meeting Evatt invited Truman to New York to address the General Assembly. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (2 pages)   August Letter, dated August 26, 1949, from Deputy Under Secretary of State Dean Rusk to presidential secretary Matthew Connelly regarding setting a date for the laying of the cornernstone of the United Nations headquarters and proposing October 24 for the ceremony, and Connelly's August 30, 1949, reply that given the situation in Congress  View this document (2 pages)   October Memo, dated October 10, 1949, from James E. Webb to President Harry S. Truman regarding the appointments of Ernest A. Gross and Jack K. McFall. Attached are a letter and a press release related to the appointments. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File. Memo, dated October 10, 1949, from James E. Webb to President Harry S. Truman regarding the appointments of Ernest A. Gross and Jack K. McFall. Attached are a letter and a press release related to the appointments. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (6 pages) 1950 April Memoranda, and a letter, spanning April 5, 1950-April 11, 1950, concerning a proposed report to Congress on United States activities in the United Nations during the year 1949. Documents include a memoranda between William J. McWilliams, the director, executive secretariat, for the U.S. State Department, Charles Murphy, and President Harry S. Truman regarding acceptance of a letter for the final U.N. Report for 1949. In addition, a memorandum from Murphy to McWilliams verifies that the letter for the report received presidential approval, and that the completed draft of the letter is in order for printing in the final report. From the Papers of Harry Truman, Official File.  View this document (18 pages)            Letter, dated April 11, 1950, from President Harry S. Truman to the United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, thanking Lie for sending him a ceremonial trowel commemorating the United Nations Permanent Headquarters Ceremony. Attached are documents related to receipt of the trowel and an April 19, 1950 memo for truman noting an opening in his afternoon schedule and a morning visit by Lie. Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (4 pages)            April, 20, 1950 letter, signed by United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, discussing the importance of President Harry S. Truman's role in supporting the United Nations. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document (1 page)   June Series of letters, spanning June 1, 1950-June 13, 1950, between Sumner Welles, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, and President Harry S. Truman, initiated by a June 1, 1945 letter from Welles to Wallace in which Welles emphatically stated that the proposed United Nations Charter should provide for a definite date when proposed revisions to the charter be considered by a Constitutional Assembly of all the member states. From the Papers of Harry Truman Official File.  View this document (5 pages)            Memo, dated June 19, 1950, from Under Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, submitting for Truman's approval the nomination of Isador Lubin as U.S. representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Attached is a June 29, 1950 resignation letter to Truman from Willard L. Thorp, U.S. representative on the council, as well as letters and a memo spanning June 26, 1950-June 29, 1950, regarding the resignation of Thorp and the nomination of Lubin. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (11 pages)   July Letter, dated July 24, 1950, from Francis B. Sayre, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Trusteeship Council, to President Harry S. Truman, reporting on the work of the council, which met from June 1-July 21, 1950. Covering the letter is a memo, dated August 9, 1950, from U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John D. Hickerson to William Hassett enclosing a draft of a suggested reply by President Harry S. Truman to Sayre's letter. Attached is Truman's actual reply, dated July 27, 1950. From the Confidential File.  View this document (6 pages)   August Statement, dated August 24, 1950, by President Harry S. Truman declaring his nominations for U.S. representatives to the 5th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (1 page)   October Press release, dated October 23, 1950, by presidential press secretary Charles G. Ross concerning a 1950 presidential address to the United Nations. In the October 24, 1950 address, delivered before the United Nations General Assembly at Flushing Meadows, N.Y. , President Harry S. Truman reviewed the rationale for establishing the U.N. and reiterated the importance of fulfilling U.N. goals of peace and progress in human welfare. From the Papers of Harry Truman, Official File.  View this document (9 pages)   December Documents spanning December 5, 1950-June 4, 1951, related to Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.'s resignation as a U.S. delegate to the Fifth General Assembly of the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (5 pages)            Letter, dated December 14, 1950 from Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, to President Harry S. Truman, reporting on anti-U.S. and anti-colonial sentiment being expressed in Committee No. 3 of the U.N. General Assembly by the representatives of smaller nations and recommending that the problem be addressed, and Truman's December 20, 1950 reply acknowledging the problem. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (3 pages) 1951 July Documents, spanning July 12, 1951-July 15, 1951, concerning the revised message approved by President Harry S. Truman for distribution to Congress, about United States participation in the United Nations during the year 1950. Documents include a memorandum from Executive Clerk William Hopkins to Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for United Nation Affairs Herbert Fierst, regarding changes to the Presidential message, and Fierst's reply that requested changes to the message were made, and cleared by George Elsey. An enclosure of the edited document is attached. From the Papers of Harry Truman, Official File.  View this document (14 pages)   October Statement, dated october 22, 1951, by President Harry S. Truman, supporting his nominee for Ambassador At Large Philip C. Jessup, whose appointment had been rejected 3-2 by a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages) 1952 February Letter, dated February 23, 1952, from Channing H. Tobias, a U.S. delegate to the United Nations, to President Harry S. Truman, and Truman's February 27, 1952 reply. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (2 pages)            Letter, dated February 26, 1952, from President Harry S. Truman to U.S. representative to the United Nations Eleanor Roosevelt, thanking her for her summary report of the 1952 session of the United Nations General Assembly. Attached is a discussion of important issues likely to come before U.N. General Assembly. From the Confidential File.  View this document (3 pages)   April Memo, dated April 1, 1952, from Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, recommending reappointment of U.S. representatives on three commissions of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Attached are biographical sketches of the nominees and a copy of Acheson's letter. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (6 pages)   May Memo, dated May 28, 1952, from the U.S. State Department to President Harry S. Truman, enclosing a working paper which the U.S., Britain, and France intend to submit to the United Nations Disarmament Commission. The working paper focuses on numerical limitation of armed forces. Attached is a July 17, 1952 proclamation by Truman declaring Friday, October 24, 1952 as United Nations Day. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (6 pages)   June Presidential Report to the Congress, dated June 13, 1952, regarding the work of the United States in the United Nations for the year 1951. In the report, President Harry S. Truman affirms the purpose of the U.N., offers regret for the actions of nations that violated their agreement to the charter, and pledges to strive for sovereign equality, mutual respect, civil justice and morality in international affairs. From the Papers of Harry Truman, Official File.  View this document (14 pages)   September Memo, dated September 25, 1952, from Lincoln Gordon, Assistant Director for Policy and Planning, to James S. Lay, Executive Director, National Security Council, with attached analysis concluding that a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe took an unduly pessismistic view of Wetsern European economic developments during the first few months of 1952. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (6 pages)   October Memo, dated October 25, 1952, from U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, reporting that the opening of the 1952 session of the United Nations General Assembly is going better than expected for the United States. Acheson notes that the Arab-Asian bloc has dominated the initial phase of the proceedings, and he also discusses events in the U.N. related to attempts to begin negotiating a settlement in the Korean War. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (3 pages) 1953 January Executive Order No. 10422, dated January 9, 1953, aimed at preventing U.S. citizens engaged in spying or subversive activities against the U.S. from being employed or remaining employed at the United Nations and prescribing procedures for furnishing the United Nations Secretary General with information on U.S. citizens who are employed or are candidates for employment at the United Nations. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Offical File.  View this document (4 pages)            January 12, 1953, report from Ambassador Benjamin V. Cohen to President Harry S. Truman on the work of the United Nations Disarmament Commission in 1952, focusing on the U.S. role in the commission's work. From the President's Secretary's Files.  View this document (49 pages)            Letter, dated January 17, 1953, from President Harry S. Truman to Frances Perkins at the U.S. Civil Service Commission offering his interpretation that preliminary investigations conducted under Executive Order No. 10422 should be similar in scope to background investigations conducted under Public Law 298, 82nd Congress. Attached is a draft of Truman's letter to Perkins as well as a January 16, 1953 letter from L.V. Meloy, Chief Law Officer for the civil service commission, to Special Counsel to the President Charles Murphy. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Offical File.  View this document (5 pages)            Eleanor Roosevelt's January 21, 1953 letter to President Harry S. Truman resigning her position as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations, and two drafts and a final version of Truman's reply, dated January 19, 1953, accepting Roosevelt's resignation. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document (6 pages) Not Dated           Memorandum, by United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie, noting points for consideration in the development of a 20-year program for achieving peace through the United Nations. From the President's Secretary's File.  View this document(8 pages)             Memos from the U.S. State Department to President Harry S. Truman regarding the appointment and nomination of Herschel V. Johnson as U.S. Deputy Representative on the United Nations Security Council. From the Papers of Harry S. Truman, Official File.  View this document(2 pages)

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