• 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. (1 page)
• 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. (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. (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. (5 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. (5 pages)
• 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. (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. (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. (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. (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, 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. (1 page)
• 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. (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. (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. (4 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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (3 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. (5 pages)