501.BC/9–1047: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
826. Following is report of the SC Subcommittee on Trieste governorship candidates. Report dated September 10, signed by Hodgson (Australia) as chairman:
“On behalf of the Subcommittee, composed of the representatives of Australia, Colombia, and Poland, appointed by the SC at its 155th meeting on 10 July, 1947 to collect additional information about the candidates proposed for the post of Governor of Trieste, I have the honor to submit the following report:
The Subcommittee held two meetings, on 10 July and 4 September 1947, and took steps to obtain as complete information as possible on the following candidates which had been proposed to the SC:
- Mr. August Buisseret (proposed by the representative of Belgium)
- Mr. Leif Egeland (proposed by the representative of the UK)
- Lt. General Bengt C. Nordenskiold (proposed by the representative of the US)
- Justice Alfred Emil Fredrik Sandstrom ([proposed by the representative] of the US)
- Mr. Pablo de Azcarate y Florez (proposed by the representative of France)
- Mr. Georg Branting (proposed by the representative of the USSR)
- Mr. Terje Wold (proposed by the representative of the USSR)
- Mr. Maurice Dejean (proposed by the representative of the USSR)
- Mr. Ricardo Alfaro1 (proposed by the representative of Colombia)
- Dr. Joaquin Fernandez y Fernandez2 (proposed by the representative of Colombia)
- Dr. Luis Padilla-Nervo3 ([proposed by the representative] of Colombia)
- Mr. Jorge Prado4 (proposed by the representative of Colombia)
On 2 September 1947, the representative of the UK submitted to the Subcommittee the names of the following two additional candidates: Col. Flückiger5 and Mr. Theodor Broch.
The information collected by the Subcommittee on these candidates is submitted as an annex to this report. (Annex not attached to USUN copy).
On the basis of this information and in compliance with the wishes expressed by members of the council during the discussion, the Subcommittee studied the possibility of recommending to the SC one or more candidates who in its view, would be best suited for the post. In this respect, the original list of candidates to whom objections had been made or indicated by one or more permanent members of the SC was first examined. The Subcommittee assumed that these objections still held and, therefore, felt that little purpose would be served by recommending any name from this list.
Thus the Subcommittee had left for consideration the following names: Buisseret, Alfaro, Fernandez y Fernandez, Padillo-Nervo, Prado, Flückiger, and Broch.
The Subcommittee had no objections to any of these candidates. However, it reached the unanimous conclusion, without attempting to restrict its choice to one candidate, that Messrs. Buisseret, Fernandez y Fernandez, and Broch were best suited for the post, and recommends these names for the consideration of the SC.”