350/2–950: Telegram
The United States Delegation to the Trusteeship Council to the Secretary of State
217. Tcdel 68. Following is text Chinese motion circulated today for consideration by TC February 10.
“TC decides proceed immediately with completion of preparation of statute of Jerusalem in accordance with terms of Paragraph I (2) of GA resolution 9 December.”
As motion does not specifically exclude consideration Garreau or other suggestions, USDel proposes vote affirmatively. If, however, motion is amended to raise question of compatibility Garreau’s suggestion with GA resolution, USDel will make statement along lines of Deltc 20 February 3 and abstain. If Chinese motion adopted, as seems likely, TC will probably commence draft statute early next week.1
USDel has also learned that Australian delegation has agreed, on basis suggestion put forward by Eban (Tcdel 67, February 9) to propose February 10 that TC invite Jordan and Israel to participate in discussions. It seems probable this motion will be adopted.
[Here follows the final paragraph dealing with the question of invitations to Jordon and Israel to participate in Council discussions.]
Sent Department 217; repeated London 52, Jerusalem unnumbered, Tel Aviv unnumbered, Amman unnumbered, USUN unnumbered, Department pass Tel Aviv, Amman, USUN.
- Ambassador Sayre, in a statement to the Trusteeship Council on February 10, gave his view that adoption of the Chinese draft resolution would not preclude the Council’s consideration of suggestions such as the Garreau Plan. President Garreau and the Chinese Representative appeared to accept this view (TC (VI), p. 147). The Council, on February 10, unanimously approved the Chinese draft resolution (telegram 233, identified also as Tcdel 71, February 12, from Geneva, 350/2–1250). Nevertheless, the Garreau Plan received a deathblow. A summary of the Council’s discussions on February 10 is printed in TC (VI), pp. 142 ff.↩