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163. Memorandum of a Conversation, Waldorf Towers, New York, September 16, 1957, 1 p.m.1

TGA/MC/3
New York, September 16, 1957, 1 p.m.

PARTICIPANTS

  • United States
    • The Secretary
    • Mr. Rountree
    • Mr. Greene
  • United Kingdom
    • Mr. Lloyd, Foreign Secretary
    • Sir Harold Caccia
    • Mr. H. Beeley

SUBJECT

  • Oman

Mr. Lloyd said he was concerned about Oman, since he supposed the Arabs might try to inscribe it on the agenda. He wondered what our attitude on this matter would be. The British would of [Page 248] course strongly oppose the inscription, and he hoped the U.S. would try to dissuade the Arabs from pressing the matter. The Secretary responded that we of course hoped the question would not arise, and would do what we could to avoid an Arab proposal for inscription. However, if it should be put to a vote, that would present a difficult problem for us and he could not now state what our position would be. He recalled our traditional policy of not opposing the inscription of items which other delegations wished to have discussed before the U.S.2

  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 110.11–DU/9–1857. Secret. Drafted by Rountree. Dulles and Lloyd were in New York for the opening of the Twelfth Session of the U.N. General Assembly, which lasted from September 18 to December 14.↩
  2. The Oman question was not taken up in the Twelfth Session of the U.N. General Assembly.↩