IO Files: US/A/2184

Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Harley A. Notter, Adviser, United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

confidential
Participants: M. Jean Wolfrom, Assistant Secretary-General, French Delegation
Mr. Notter

Following the morning Plenary, at which the “Essentials of Peace” resolution1 was adopted, I saw M. Wolfrom and remarked that we had much admired the address of M. Chauvel on the preceding day. I said that we who had been working on this matter on the American side very much enjoyed the friendly and effective working relations with the French officials on this resolution.

M. Wolfrom said that he wished to revert to an idea, of which he had spoken with Mr. Raynor earlier, namely that the French would like to discuss coming Assembly matters with us in advance of the Assembly. He said that it would be helpful if there were some officer in the U.S. Embassy in Paris who was au courant of U.N. matters and our position in regard to them, with whom they would talk from time to time during the year. He said that aside from such a helpful development, he hoped very much that a couple of the Americans might be able to come to Paris prior to the next General Assembly, perhaps a month or two before the convening of the Assembly, for the purpose of specific discussions on the problems to arise in the Assembly next fall. He, and also M. Vincent Broustra, who came up at that point, said that they had been inspired and encouraged by the cordial and frank discussions which they had had with us on this resolution and on some other matters, and they hope we might be able to have further such direct, effective relations in the future. I said that we felt very much the same way about it, and hoped that opportunity would prove possible for such discussions as they had in mind.

  1. For documentation on this matter, see pp. 72 ff.