Allocation of Raw Material (Uranium Ore from Belgian Congo), 1946

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 the wartime decision to allocate all available uranium in allied possession to the USA; a proposal to alter this allocation after the end of the war; arrangements for the transportation of uranium to Britain; negotiations over quotas with the Americans; discussions of the technical process of extraction and the current yearly output from the Congolese mines; forecasts of the future supplies of uranium; the eventual agreement dividing the uranium between the British and the Americans; the financing of the deal; and the sharing of the resulting research.