501.BB/11–2649: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
Delga 242. Following is text of draft resolution tabled by China today:
“The General Assembly
“Considering that it is the first purpose of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security and to that end, to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace;
“Being of the opinion that the present crisis in China is in part due to China’s sacrifices in the long resistance against Axis aggression in common with other freedom-loving nations;
“Finding that the USSR has persistently obstructed the efforts of the National Government of China in reestablishing China’s national authority in the north-eastern provinces (Manchuria) since the surrender of Japan and given military and economic aid to the Chinese Communists in their insurrection against the National Government of China;
“Determines that the USSR has, by obstructing the National Government of China and by giving aid to the Chinese Communists, violated the Charter of the UN and the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance Between China and the USSR of August 14, 1945;
“Urges all member states to desist and refrain from giving any military and economic aid to the Chinese Communists; recommends to all member states not be [to?] accord diplomatic recognition to any regime organized by the Chinese Communists; and
“Calls upon all member states to refrain from taking advantage of the present situation in China for any purpose that is incompatible with the political independence and territorial and administrative integrity of China.”1
- In the UN Secretariat’s serialization of First Committee documents, this Chinese draft resolution became UN Doc. A/C.1/551.↩