330/7–1950: Telegram
The Ambassador in India (Henderson) to the Secretary of State
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[Received July 19—9:27 a. m.]
148. Following is text Nehru’s reply to be delivered today by Madame Pandit (Embtel 147).1
“My dear Mr. Secretary of State: I thank you for your letter which your Ambassador conveyed to me last night.
[Page 426]I am grateful to President Truman and to you for the consideration that you have given to my message of the 13th July and to the subsequent communication forwarding Marshal Stalin’s reply to my message to him of the same date. I recognize that one of the most fundamental objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is to assist in maintaining world peace, and that the Government of the United States is firmly of the opinion that the United Nations is one of the most effective instruments yet devised for maintaining and restoring international peace and security. As Your Excellency must be aware, the maintenance of peace and support of the United Nations has consistently been the policy of the Government of India. My suggestion for breaking the present deadlock in the Security Council, so that representatives of the Peoples Government of China can take their seat in the Council and the USSR can return to it, was designed to fulfill this policy, not to weaken it. In voting for the resolutions on Korea adopted by the Security Council, on the 25th and 27th June, it was our purpose to strengthen the United Nations in resisting aggression. Since the Government of India recognized the Peoples Government of China on 30th December, 1949, it has been our endeavour to bring about the admission of its representatives to the various organs and agencies of the United Nations. Our present proposal was a renewal of this effort. It was made on its merits and also in the hope that it would create a suitable atmosphere for the peaceful solution of the Korean problem. I do not think that the admission of China now would be an encouragement of aggression.
I am requesting our Ambassador in Moscow to communicate the text of Your Excellency’s letter to me, and of my reply, to Marshal Stalin. Arrangements are also being made to release at 3 a. m. tomorrow (20 July, Indian standard time), copies of these two letters, of my messages to Your Excellency and to Marshal Stalin dated 30th [13th] July, and of the messages exchanged between Marshal Stalin and me on the 15th and 16th July, respectively.
Please accept the assurance of my highest consideration.”