Quebec Agreement
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The Quebec Agreement was a 1943 wartime accord between the United States and the United Kingdom that formalized their collaboration on nuclear weapons development and set terms for postwar control and use of atomic energy.
Aliases (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II agreement
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international agreement → treaty → |
| aimedTo |
coordinate Anglo-American atomic bomb development
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prevent independent national use of atomic weapons without consultation → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Articles of Agreement governing collaboration between the authorities of the USA and UK in the matter of Tube Alloys
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| category |
Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom
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Nuclear weapons policy of the United States → |
| classifiedAs |
top secret
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| concerns |
atomic energy
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military technology collaboration → nuclear weapons development → |
| context |
Anglo-American special relationship
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| countryParty |
Canada
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United Kingdom → United States → |
| createdBody |
Combined Development Trust
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Combined Policy Committee → |
| established |
US–UK nuclear weapons collaboration
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combined policy for atomic energy control → combined policy for atomic weapons use → |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
allocation of uranium resources for wartime use
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| historicalPeriod |
Allied wartime diplomacy
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| influenced |
US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
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postwar nuclear cooperation policy → |
| inForceUntil |
1948
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| language |
English
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| legalStatus |
secret agreement
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| primarySignatory |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Winston Churchill → |
| programNameMentioned |
Tube Alloys
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| relatedDocument |
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
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Manhattan Project agreements → |
| relatedTo |
Manhattan Project
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| restricted |
disclosure of atomic research to third countries
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| signedAt |
Château Frontenac
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Quebec City → |
| signedAtConference |
First Quebec Conference
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| signedDuring |
World War II
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| signedOn |
1943-08-19
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| stipulated |
no sharing of atomic information with third parties without mutual consent
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no use of atomic weapons against each other → no use of atomic weapons against other nations without mutual consent → postwar control of atomic energy to be jointly managed → |
| subjectMatter |
military alliance
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resource control → scientific cooperation → |
| supersededBy |
US–UK Modus Vivendi of 1948
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| witnessedBy |
William Lyon Mackenzie King
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Referenced by (11)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Quebec Agreement
("Articles of Agreement governing collaboration between the authorities of the USA and UK in the matter of Tube Alloys")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
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extends |
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Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
("Quebec Agreement of 1943")
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followedFrom |
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Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
("1944 US–UK declaration on atomic weapons cooperation")
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hasShortDescription |
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British Mission to the Manhattan Project
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legalBasis |
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US–UK MDA
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predecessor |
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Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
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reaffirms |
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Tube Alloys programme
("Quebec Agreement on atomic collaboration")
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relatedTo |
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Quebec Conference
("Quebec Agreement on atomic energy")
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result |
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Quebec Conference
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signedDocument |
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Tube Alloys programme
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significantEvent |