II. Interest of the United States in increasing the effectiveness of the United Nations: United States proposals for the establishment of an interim committee of the General Assembly and for a study of voting procedure in the Security Council 1
1. For documentation related to this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. i, pp. 117 ff. For related developments, see documentation on the United States and the United Nations: The United States initiative, September 1947, ante, pp. 14 ff.
An important documentary reference source on this subject is found in Department of State Lot File 71–D 440, Box 19232, Folder “Committee 1, Interim General Assembly Committee on Peace and Security” (in the section carrying the tab “Background”).
[112] United States Delegation Position Paper
IO Files: US/A/C.1/134
[113] Minutes of the Fourth Meeting of the United States Delegation, New York, September 13, 1947, 10 a.m.
IO Files: US/A/M(Chr)/48
[114] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. G. Hayden Raynor of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/392
[116] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. G. Hayden Raynor of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/397
[117] Minutes of the Ninth Meeting of the United States Delegation, New York, September 19, 1947, 9:15 a.m.
IO Files: US/A/M(Chr)/53
[120] Minutes of a Meeting With Members of the United Kingdom Delegation, New York, September 24, 1947
IO Files: US/A/C.1/131
[122] Minutes of a Meeting With Members of the United Kingdom Delegation, New York, September 30, 1947, 11 p.m.
IO Files: US/A/C.1/222
[123] Minutes of a Meeting With Members of the United Kingdom Delegation, New York, October 7, 1947, 10 p.m.
IO Files: US/A/C.1/284
[125] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. G. Hayden Raynor of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/379
[126] The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
501.BB/10–1747: Telegram
[128] Memorandum by Mr. Eric Stein of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/401
[129] Memorandum by Mr. Elwood N. Thompson of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers to All Political Officers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/481
[130] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Elwood N. Thompson of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/488
[131] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
501.BB/11–347: Telegram
[132] Minutes of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the United States Delegation, New York, November 5, 1947, 9:15 a.m.
IO Files: US/A/M(Chr)/75
[134] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Thomas F. Power, Jr., Secretary-General of the United States Mission at the United Nations
IO Files: US/A/831
[136] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Elwood N. Thompson, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Political Affairs
IO Files: US/A/C.1/588
[137] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. John Foster Dulles of the United States Delegation
IO Files: US/A/C.1/606
[138] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Theodore C. Achilles of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/605
[139] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Bernard Bechhoefer of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/610