Office of the Historian

320/9–1653: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China1

confidential
Washington, September 17, 1953—7:06 p.m.

228. Re urtel 164 inform Foreign Minister it would not be feasible delete phrase since GA has already adopted resolution. You should also explain we expect 8th GA to adjourn (and not recess) by end 1953. In this event, deletion of phrase would have no practical effect.

Credentials Committee already appointed by Pearson as Acting President. Committee of nine has only three Members (UK, USSR, and Indonesia) which recognize Chinese Communist regime. Furthermore, even if Chinese representation issue raised in Committee, we believe latter could not consider it in view action already taken by Assembly.

Smith
  1. Sent also to USUN (for the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly) as telegram Gadel 6.↩