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wro Qgaaiae of his contacts witn the British were through Sia GOP further stated that close contact withthe British was not hed after 1945, because at the termination of World War II the British did their own work in connection with Atomic Energy matters and the two countries, England onc the Dnited Stetes, did mot cleer Atomic Energy mattere with each other as they had durine the war states thet althouch his soanteaecste with VATLRAK in T _—___ BBS Dee 0 ae yougn Bis 1th BAU LESS during the war, were limited to officiel contacts, he sateted thet he personally liked MACLEAN and believed that he would have anjoyed seeing and knowing him C, socially. WT eteted that since June, 1948, he has served gy the Combined Policy Committee and added that MACLEAB occupied a similiar position for the United Kingdon cerry sentation to this Committee, \ Concerning the Combined Policy Comnittee, MM stated that it had been established in 1540 by former rresident ROOSEVELT and English Frime Minister WINSTON CHURCHILL, to act as asover a11 policy making &nd co-ordinating group for the Atomic Bomb Project. He pointed out that thie committes was composed of representatives from the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States and that its prime fuiction was to settle questions concerning the development of the Atomic Bomb, be- tween these countries as well as questions relating to the exchange of date and information between the three participating nations. -_ BR stated that when conceived, the Combined Policy Committee was Chairmaned by the Secretary of War but that after the establishment a of the Atomic Energy Coumission in January, 1947, the Chairmanship was * transferred to the Department of State. (« his duts eed icentified the following es menbers of the Combined Policy Committee during 1947 and 1945 which was the period that MACLEAN served as the United Kingdom Secretary to this committee: 1. The United States Secretary of State 2. The United States Secretary of Defense S. The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission 4. The United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States, (¢