Allocation of Raw Material (Uranium Ore from Belgian Congo), 1947

A file of reports, correspondence, and memoranda discussing the allocation between Britain and the United States of America of uranium ore from the Belgian Congo in the period after the Second World War. Subjects discussed in this file include complaints that the Americans were slow to send the uranium to Britain; arrangements for the transportation of the metal from the Congo to Britain and the U.S. by sea; the beginning of negotiations between Britain and the U.S. for future uranium quotas; shipping consignments and the weights of uranium transported; and reports that both countries were stockpiling uranium, and the resulting political fallout in America.