501.AA/4–1246
Minutes of the Third Meeting of the Departmental Team on Admission of New Members to the United Nations, Department of State, Washington, April 12, 1946
[Here follows list of names of persons present (7), the same as at the April 9 meeting, page 371, with the exception of Mr. Sandifer.]
The third meeting of the Departmental Team on admission of new members was held in Mr. Raynor’s office on April 12, at 2:00 P.M. The meeting was called to discuss a proposed course of action on the question of admission to membership, which was an outgrowth of the draft resolution previously worked out by the Team and conversations held by Mr. Sandifer and Mr. Taylor in New York.
Mr. Raynor remarked that the proposed course of action appeared to be consistent with the attitude he had noted during his talks in New York. He suggested that, of the two Plans noted,56 our delegate should be instructed to propose Plan A first in his talks with the British, and to initiate discussion on Plan B only if Plan A does not meet with a favorable response. It was agreed that an instruction should be prepared on the proposed course of action for circulation and clearance in the Department, accompanied by a background memorandum on the subject.
A suggestion was made by Mr. Adams that provision be made for introducing Plan A as an amendment in case the Albanian application came up for approval over our opposition. It was agreed that this would be desirable.
[Page 375]There was some discussion of the question of consulting the Russians at some stage in the procedure. It was noted that, once the British had been approached, the delegation would have authority to approach representatives of other countries as it saw fit.
- See the instruction of April 17, infra.↩