800.014/3–1645: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant )67
2049. Please consult with Foreign Office immediately concerning consultations on trusteeship questions as regards states to be consulted, the method for conducting consultations, whether through diplomatic channels or by special conversations, and if the latter, the time and place for holding a meeting.
Problem arises in connection with the Yalta agreement to the effect that the five governments with permanent seats in the Security Council should consult each other prior to the United Nations Conference on providing machinery in the world charter for dealing with territorial trusteeships. However, since France is not a co-sponsor, a question arises as to her inclusion in the preliminary consultations.
You might suggest that the Department’s thought is to include France and to hold the consultations in the form of conversations preferably in Washington on the technical level as soon after the first of April as possible, following an exchange of papers which we hope will occur within a very short time.68
- Repeated to Moscow on the same date as telegram 616, and to Chungking as telegram 454.↩
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The Ambassador in the Soviet Union informed the Department in telegram 868, March 23, 4 a.m., of agreement by the Soviet Government to preliminary discussions in Washington by representatives of the sponsoring powers and also to the participation of France in these consultations (800.014/3–2345). The Chargé in China informed the Department in telegram 459, March 19, 8 a.m., that the Chinese Government was in accord with Departmental thought on the question of trusteeships conversations (500.OC/3–1945).
For the observations reported by the Ambassador in the United Kingdom, see telegram 2791. March 17, 7 p.m., p. 138.
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