Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, General; the United Nations, Volume I

IO Files: US/A/105

Memorandum of Conversation, by G. Hayden Raynor of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers

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[New York,] November 4, 1946.

I inquired of Mr. Tandy during the course of a conversation today if the British are still supporting India for the Security Council. He replied that they are; that they have no alternative. He added, however, that they felt the election of India is quite unlikely and that they had told this to the Indians. He also confirmed the information that on their first vote the British will vote for India, rather than for Belgium.

He also confirmed information from other sources that Belgium is now completely ready to accept the responsibility of membership on the Security Council. This is the first admission to this effect from the British of what we had already learned from the Belgians themselves.