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.
Observed surface forms (5)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II agreement
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international agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
coordinate Anglo-American atomic bomb development
ⓘ
prevent independent national use of atomic weapons without consultation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Quebec Agreement
ⓘ
surface form:
Articles of Agreement governing collaboration between the authorities of the USA and UK in the matter of Tube Alloys
|
| category |
Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
Nuclear weapons policy of the United States ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | top secret ⓘ |
| concerns |
atomic energy
ⓘ
military technology collaboration ⓘ nuclear weapons development ⓘ |
| context |
Anglo-American relations
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-American special relationship
|
| countryParty |
Canada
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBody |
Combined Development Trust
ⓘ
Combined Policy Committee ⓘ |
| established |
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes
ⓘ
surface form:
US–UK nuclear weapons collaboration
combined policy for atomic energy control ⓘ combined policy for atomic weapons use ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | allocation of uranium resources for wartime use ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Allied wartime diplomacy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Cooperation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Mutual Defence Purposes
ⓘ
surface form:
US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
postwar nuclear cooperation policy ⓘ |
| inForceUntil | 1948 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | secret agreement ⓘ |
| primarySignatory |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill ⓘ |
| programNameMentioned |
Tube Alloys programme
ⓘ
surface form:
Tube Alloys
|
| relatedDocument |
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire
ⓘ
Manhattan Project agreements ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| restricted | disclosure of atomic research to third countries ⓘ |
| signedAt |
Château Frontenac
ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ |
| signedAtConference |
Quebec Conference
ⓘ
surface form:
First Quebec Conference
|
| signedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
| signedOn | 1943-08-19 ⓘ |
| stipulated |
no sharing of atomic information with third parties without mutual consent
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
resource control ⓘ scientific cooperation ⓘ |
| supersededBy | US–UK Modus Vivendi of 1948 ⓘ |
| witnessedBy | William Lyon Mackenzie King ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Articles of Agreement governing collaboration between the authorities of the USA and UK in the matter of Tube Alloys
this entity surface form:
Quebec Agreement of 1943
this entity surface form:
1944 US–UK declaration on atomic weapons cooperation
this entity surface form:
Quebec Agreement on atomic collaboration
this entity surface form:
Quebec Agreement on atomic energy