500.CC/6–2045
The Acting Chairman of the Soviet Delegation (Gromyko) to the Chairman of the United States Delegation (Stettinius)
Dear Mr. Secretary: On June 9, in the course of discussion of the American document on trusteeship,75 I informed Commander Stassen,76 member of the American Delegation about the desire of my Government to get under its trusteeship some territories in accordance with [Page 1399] Paragraph 3, Section B of the above-mentioned document. Commander Stassen answered that he had to communicate with the American Government on this matter. On the same day Commander Stassen informed Mr. Novikov, member of the Soviet Delegation that the American Government was ready to support the Soviet Government in the matter of giving it territories under trusteeship. At the same time, you, Mr. Secretary, in our conversation of June 9,77 also confirmed your consent to satisfy the above-mentioned desire of the Soviet Government.
In accordance with our agreement the Soviet Government has authorized me to concretize the question on territories under trusteeship for the U.S.S.R. I hope that you will agree to discuss this, question before the end of this Conference.
Awaiting your kind reply, I remain
Sincerely yours,
- Doc. 2, G/26(c), May 15, ibid., vol. 3, p. 607; for text of working paper for chapter on dependent territories and arrangements for international trusteeship, as of June 9, see Doc. 892, II/4/36, June 9, ibid., vol. 10, p. 525.↩
- See memorandum by Mr. O. Benjamin Gerig, June 9, p. 1235.↩
- Memorandum of conversation not found in Department files; for Mr. Stettinius’ views concerning the Soviet proposal, see his letter of June 23 to Mr. Gromyko, p. 1428.↩