800.00 Summaries/11–849: Circular telegram.
The Acting Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Offices 1
Infotel. We are informing both UK del and UK FonOff if present GA does not reach decision on Itcol, it is our view that British remain under treaty obligations and cannot divest themselves of these obligations unilaterally. We are therefore informing British that in absence GA decision we do not believe they cld make separate treaty with Emir of Cyrenaica and we wld probably not support UK in such move. Commenting on reactions in Pol Comite to UK amendments on Libyan draft res, USGADel reports corridor conversations indicate reaction of Arab and Asiatic dels is one suspicion based on fear that UK amendments are designed permit establishment of separate and independent Cyrenaica, thus leaving Tripolitania to inevitable domination of Italy.
We have informed USGADel we believe it best have proposed commission to investigate desires of Eritrean inhabitants consist of five neutral members. We believe that states suggested by USGADel—Australia, Brazil, Denmark (or Norway), India and Turkey (or Iran)—wld be suitable.
Re proposed Latin Amer-Arab arrangement whereby Italy, Brazil and Egypt wld serve as administering authorities for Somaliland with agreement among three that Italy shld in effect act as administering authority for all three, we have informed USGADel we do not want Egypt and Brazil become members of TC, but we have no objection to arrangement for including such states in advisory capacity to Italy which wld attend TC mtgs and become member on admission UN.
- Sent to the embassies at Paris and Rome.↩