320/12–250: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations
top secret
Washington, December 3,
1950—5 p. m.
556. Confirming Hickerson–Gross telecon:
- 1.
- USUN is requested to seek agreement of other 5 sponsors of vetoed SC res to submit new agenda item and explanatory memo this afternoon, if possible.
- 2.
- Agenda item contained in urtel Delga 356 satisfactory.1 In explanatory memo delete ref to Uniting for Peace res.
- 3.
- US would like very much to see 6 powers submit vetoed res to GA this afternoon and you should endeavor to reach agreement to do so. FYI we attach less importance to this being done today than step 1.
- 4.
- Under no circumstances should USDel take steps 1 or 3 without UK agreement. In order to obtain UK agreement to submission new item on GA agenda you may inform them that we will agree not to introduce any res in GA until after opportunity for consultation with Attlee.
- 5.
- USDel and staff should make no comment to press as to future action by US in UN. This is regarded as of maximum importance.
Acheson
- Telegram Delga 356, December 2, from New York not printed. On December 4, the Delegations of Cuba, Ecuador, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States asked for the inclusion in the present session of the General Assembly of an agenda item entitled “Intervention of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China in Korea”; see U.N. document A/1618. An explanatory memorandum was forwarded to the Secretary-General on December 5; see U.N. document A/1621.↩