In November 1945, Prime Minister Attlee of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada, and I agreed that the problem of international control of atomic energy should be referred to the United Nations.
Address in New York City at the Cornerstone Laying of the United Nations Building.
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