Office of the Historian

501.AA/6–2548: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Jessup)

confidential
Washington, June 25, 1948—7 p. m.

432. Reurtel 815 June 24 you are authorized support Ceylon application for membership UN. Dept preparing statement re Ceylon application which you may make on appropriate occasion.1

Marshal
  1. In a meeting on August 18 the Security Council considered the report of its Committee on the Admission of New Members, concerning the application of Ceylon; and the first statement was made by the U.S. Representative at the United Nations, Ambassador Warren R. Austin. The Security Council failed to take favorable action in recommending Ceylon for membership, since a negative vote was cast by a permanent member. For the proceedings of the meeting on this matter, see United Nations, Official Records of the Security Council, Third Year, No. 105, pp. 3 ff. For the brief special report submitted by the Security Council to the General Assembly on the subject, see United Nations document A/618, August 23, 1948.↩