350/6–550: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
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2729. Ur 3117 June 5.1 Dept believes TC shld submit to GA a report which wld point out that TC has fulfilled GA instrs re completing and approving Jerusalem statute but has been unable proceed with implementation of statute view opposition Israel and Jordan. Report wld include statute as revised by TC, replies of Israel and Jordan to TC request for their cooperation, and any proposals made by Israel or Jordan. GA wld then be in possession of facts which wld enable it to make new appraisal of situation.
Dept agrees TC shld not enter substantive discussion Israeli proposal.
Dept has noted FonOff reference to “kind words” and wld be interested know what kind of statement FonOff has in mind.2
- Not printed; it indicated that present thinking in the British Foreign Office was that the Trusteeship Council had no authority to discuss the substance of the Israeli proposals and that the Council should report its failure regarding the Statute to the General Assembly and transmit to it the Israeli plan. The telegram concluded that the Foreign Office was considering the desirability of saying “a few kind words” about the Israeli plan before the Trusteeship Council (350/6–550).↩
- London advised, on June 8, that the British Representative to the Trusteeship Council was to be given discretion to say before the Council that the “Israeli proposal for Jerusalem seems to be constructive approach to problem, but that TC is not proper forum to consider it. Therefore proposal should be referred GA. These are ‘kind words’ referred Embtel 3117” (350/6–850).↩