740.00119 FEAC/11–1449

Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs ( Butterworth ) to the Secretary General of the Far Eastern Commission ( Johnson )

The Government of the United States has been advised that in accordance with paragraph V, 1 of the Terms of Reference of the Far Eastern Commission which provides that “the membership of the Commission may be increased by agreement among the participating Powers as conditions warrant by the addition of representatives of other United Nations in the Far East or having territories therein”, all the member governments of the Far Eastern Commission have now agreed to the admission of Pakistan and Burma to the Far Eastern Commission.

Therefore, the Secretary General of the Far Eastern Commission is requested to issue invitations to the Governments of Pakistan and Burma to appoint representatives to the Far Eastern Commission and to participate as members in the discussions of the Commission.1

The Secretary General is requested, at his discretion, to send copies [Page 901] of his invitations to the Governments of Pakistan and Burma to the-other member governments of the Far Eastern Commission.

W. Walton Butterworth
  1. The Ambassadors of Pakistan and Burma were welcomed as new members of the FEC at its meeting November 17.