Office of the Historian

310.2/9–853: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Aldrich) to the Department of State

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London, September 8, 1953—noon.

993. Department pass USUN 10; Deptel 1235, September 5. Foreign Office hesitates concur Secretary’s suggestion re Chinese representation UN, pointing out new GA ruling has never been tested. If, for example, GA did fix December closing date, there would be nothing prevent GA on closing date issue new ruling it would merely adjourn and resume after Christmas recess. If, on other hand, Foreign Office could be assured firm closing date December, it would go along.1

Foreign Office plans telegraph USUN in above sense this afternoon.

Aldrich
  1. Marginal notation by the Director of the Office of UN Political and Security Affairs (Wainhouse), with reference to the words “be assured firm closing date December, it would go along”, in the last sentence of this paragraph: “We will do our best & with UK support we are reasonably certain to prevail. We can’t give guarantees on this however. D[avid] W[ainhouse]”.↩