795.00/11–2450
Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Ray L. Thurston, Adviser to the United States Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
US/S/1585
Subject: Indian Proposal for a Security Council Subcommittee to Deal with the Chinese Communist Delegation.
| Participants: | Mr. Dayal, Indian Delegation |
| Mr. D. L. Sharma, Indian Delegation | |
| Mr. Ray Thurston, United States Delegation |
I told the Indians today that after some discussion we were not favorably disposed towards their idea that a subcommittee of the non-permanent members of the Security Council be established to handle [Page 1220] the various Far Eastern items which will shortly be discussed in the Security Council with the participation of the Chinese Communists. I alluded to the fact that one of the most important reasons that have been adduced in support of the Indian suggestion was that it would eliminate long propaganda speeches having a tendency to exacerbate the situation and pointed out that even should the SC subcommittee partly meet this problem, we were now going to have the Chinese Communists in Committee I of the General Assembly, and it was almost certain that speeches of the kind in question would be made.
I asked the Indians whether they were going ahead with their scheme and whether they intended formally to present it in the SC when it meets. They answered that they did not intend to take such action and that their approach to us had been merely of a sounding out nature. I gathered that their soundings have produced negative replies generally and that they have lost their enthusiasm on this particular project.