330/7–1150: Telegram
The Ambassador in India (Henderson) to the Secretary of State
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[Received July 11—6:17 p. m.]
66. Following are texts (a) of telegram of July 10, 1950 of Indian Ambassador in Peking to his government, and (b) of GOI reply thereto of July 11, 1950 as furnished me by Bajpai, Secretary-General of MEA (see Embtel 65 of July 11, 1950):1
[Here follows the message from the Indian Ambassador in Peking transmitting an unofficial note of conversation handed him by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Chang Han-fu expressing the Chinese Government’s agreement with the Indian position that the PRC should be represented in the United Nations and setting forth emphatically the view that the Korean problem and the question of Chinese representation in the United Nations should be considered separately. Panikkar’s message went on to say that the Indian Government, however, did not agree with the Chinese contention that the June 27 Security Council resolution was invalid in view of Soviet and PRC nonparticipation.
The Indian Government’s reply stated that it was continuing to press the United Kingdom Government for early admission of China to the Security Council and continuing to urge the United States not to stand in the way. The text of the Chinese note would be conveyed to London by the Indian Government for the attention of Mr. Attlee. The message concluded by saying that if China were admitted to the Security Council and the Soviet Union returned to that body the Indian Government hoped that all governments would work for a speedy settlement in Korea, although it understood that Peking could not speak for Moscow.]