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faa & & WFO aes 5. The Canadian Anbessador to the United States gene ctsted that the Camdian Anbassador was actually the functioning member of the committee for Canada although —gemiyiomy. the Canadian Minister for Commerce anc Transportation was the ® dosigneted member) ( MMMNMBMieivised that the Combined Policy Comnittee met infrequently and that the work of the comultvee wes actually performed by the Secretariat of these represented countries. He reported that when it became necessary to vote on matters within the jurisdiction of the committees, the voting was usually done by correspondence rather (@) than by a personal mosting of the committee members. During the period of 1947 and 1945, agp@RRQQM advised that the following individuals represented the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States as Secretaries to the Combined Policy Committee and were for all practicel purposes considered the working staff of this @ comnittee: 1. DONALD DUART MACLEAN (MACLEAN was preceded by SPBMB nnd succeeded by SPURT who in turn was succeaded by Pewho is presently serving as the United Fingdom Secretary to the Combined Policy aw Committee ) ( Sega «0002 that after the Combined Policy Committee had been established for approximately one year, former Fresident ROOSEVELT and former Prime Minister CHURCHILL esteblished the Combined Development Trust, now known as the Combined Development Agency. He steted that the purpose of this trust was to locate throughout the world eources of thorium and uranium, which materials are used in the production of the Atomic Bomb, In addition to the location of these materials, the Combined Development Agency is also charged with the responsibility of securing control of uranium and thorium deposits wherever they are located. The Combined Development Agency is considered to be the operating arm of the Combined Policy Committee which latter agency decides what action should be taken on the basis of information eupplied by the Combined Development Agency. @ aeapdegMm osviced that the Combined Development Agency is - 2596