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.

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instanceOf World War II agreement
international agreement
treaty
aimedTo coordinate Anglo-American atomic bomb development
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
linked to: Quebec Agreement
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 special relationship
countryParty Canada
United Kingdom
United States
createdBody Combined Development Trust
Combined Policy Committee
established 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 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement
postwar nuclear cooperation policy
inForceUntil 1948
language English
legalStatus secret agreement
primarySignatory Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
programNameMentioned 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 First Quebec Conference
linked to: 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

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Tube Alloys programme significantEvent Quebec Agreement
Tube Alloys programme relatedTo Quebec Agreement on atomic collaboration
linked to: Quebec Agreement
Quebec Conference result Quebec Agreement on atomic energy
linked to: Quebec Agreement
Quebec Conference signedDocument Quebec Agreement
US–UK MDA predecessor Quebec Agreement
Quebec Agreement alsoKnownAs Articles of Agreement governing collaboration between the authorities of the USA and UK in the matter of Tube Alloys
linked to: Quebec Agreement
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire reaffirms Quebec Agreement
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire extends Quebec Agreement
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire hasShortDescription 1944 US–UK declaration on atomic weapons cooperation
linked to: Quebec Agreement
Hyde Park Aide-Mémoire followedFrom Quebec Agreement of 1943
linked to: Quebec Agreement
Combined Policy Committee formedBy Quebec Agreement
Combined Policy Committee legalBasis Quebec Agreement
Combined Development Trust partOf Anglo-American-Canadian nuclear cooperation
linked to: Quebec Agreement