330/7–650
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs (Wainhouse)
confidential
[Washington,] July 6, 1950.
Subject: Draft Resolution on Unified Command
| Participants: | USUN—Mr. James Hyde |
| UNP—Mr. Wainhouse |
Mr. Hyde telephoned at 6:45 tonight to say that the Norwegian representative has reported that he cannot sponsor the resolution. Mr. Hyde stated that the decision of the Norwegian representative is about 100% certain.1
[Page 321]Ambassador Chauvel cannot sponsor the resolution alone because he is without a Government, but felt he could go along in the joint sponsorship with the UK.
- At 5:56 p. m., the Department of State had received telegram 22, July 6, from Oslo (not printed), wherein Ambassador Bay reported on a conversation held that afternoon with Foreign Minister Lange. Mr. Bay indicated that Lange’s reluctance to accept sponsorship for the resolution was based on the grounds that it was a more appropriate matter for one of the larger powers to sponsor the resolution and that Norway had not participated in the preliminary drafting of the resolution (757.00/7–650).↩