501.AA/7–1946: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Johnson)
us urgent
143. Amdel. If, as appears to us, amendment membership Resolution necessary in order to postpone for approximately three weeks deadline for automatic referral applications to Membership Committee (now July 15) and for Committee report thereon to Council (now August 1), you may request inclusion matter on provisional agenda July 24 meeting or arrange that some other delegation do so.
Form chosen should be simplest and least controversial possible.
We suggest you consider making amendment conform with rules of procedure and have it provide Membership Committee with report to SC 35 days prior to opening Assembly on applications received up to that time. This will avoid confusion on part applicants between resolution and rules which has existed heretofore and will give additional period grace for receipt applications as contrasted possible alternative report set dates such as Aug 19 on applications received by Aug 5. This also keeps matter open without necessity further action should Assembly be further postponed.14
- The opening date of the General Assembly had been moved from September 3 to September 23.↩