330/7–2950: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations
confidential
Washington, July 31,
1950—8 p. m.
91. Reurtel 164 July 291 Dept considers rep North Korea cannot be accepted for fol reasons:
- (1)
- GA has already established in UNCOK an instrumentality whereby North Koreans may be heard. They are at liberty make use UNCOK facilities any time. GA before NK attack decline seat reps that regime on ground UNCOK not availed of; now, after attack, SC will be the more unwilling override GA provisions this regard.
- (2)
- North Korean regime is defying SC decisions and is carrying on armed hostilities against forces acting, pursuant to SC authority, to enforce these decisions and therefore its rep may not be seated at council table.
- (3)
- Malik most likely, in light past USSR conduct, to call for hearing NK as “state” under Art 32. Our position that GA, in conferring status upon ROK, had denied status to NK, and that SC shld avoid adopting a contrary formula, was set forth in SC debate on Korean membership applications. SC did not refer NK application to committee on membership, thus presumably persuaded NK not a state.2 Since Dept feels confident SC will not wish receive NK personages as reps of state, there is no likelihood that Art’s auth to lay down conditions need be invoked.
- (4)
- Conceivable some SC Rep may suggest invitation be issued under Rule 39. We shld in that case point out in addition (1) above that SC requires no communication from “other persons” to supply it with info or to give other assistance in examining matters so plain as propriety adopting, and insisting upon execution, its resolutions June 25 and 27.
Acheson
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The text of this message read as follows:
“Chauvel reports ‘brain wave’ that we should consider carefully and agree on action we will take in event Malik asks SC to accept representative North Korea at council table. Chauvel asks our views. Please instruct” (330/7–2950)
↩ - See Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. vii, Part 2, p. 943.↩