President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and Mackenzie King meet in Washington November 12-15, 1945 for discussions about the atomic bomb. LAC c023269.
On November 15, Truman announced at a press conference that “the three Powers had agreed on the need for international action, under the auspices of the United Nations, for the provision of controls over atomic energy to ensure its use for peaceful purposes only; to outlaw atomic weapons and other major weapons capable of mass destruction; and to provide for effective safeguards through inspection.”