Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The United Nations; The Western Hemisphere, Volume II

IO Files: US/A/1942

Memorandum of Conversations, by Mr. G. Hayden Raynor, Adviser, United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly

confidential

[New York,] October 18, 1949.

Subject: Yugoslav Candidacy for the Security Council

Participants:
	Conversations held separately with:
	The Right Hon. Hector McNeil, United Kingdom Delegation
	Mr. Roger Allen, United Kingdom Delegation
	Mr. G. Hayden Raynor, United States Delegation

Mr. Hickerson and I spoke at some length to Mr. McNeil at dinner last night about this question, stressing the importance which we attached to the matter. We gained the definite impression that at some point in the balloting the British would be prepared to switch to Yugoslavia although Mr. McNeil did not state this definitely.

Today in conversation with Mr. Roger Allen I gained the same impression as Allen said he thought Yugoslavia would fall short on the first ballot and be elected on the second.