501.BB Korea/12–1248: Telegram
The Acting United States Representative at the United Nations (Dulles) to the Secretary of State
urgent
Delga 1171. GA considered Korea question for 2 hours early hours Sunday morning and 2 more hours Sunday afternoon, December 12 While at one time feared no decision would be reached and matter [Page 1337] carried over to split session in April, joint Australia-China-US draft resolution was finally approved by vote of 48 for, 6 against (Soviet bloc) and 1 abstention (Sweden). Three delegations were absent: Guatemala, Panama and Saudi Arabia.
Canadian resolution that new commission consist of Australia, China, El Salvador, France, India, Philippines and Syria (thus eliminating Canada and Ukraine) was approved 42 to 0 with 3 abstentions. Thus Paragraph 4 of joint resolution is amended by deletion of words “the same member states of the UN temporary commission on Korea” and replacing them by names of 7 countries mentioned above.
Soviet resolution to abolish UNTCOK was defeated by vote of 46 to 6 with no abstentions.1
Sent Department, repeated Seoul.
- For UN GA record on December 11–12, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Third Session, First Part, Plenary Meetings, pp. 1006–1043.↩