320/11–1751: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State
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Delga 239. Subject: Italian membership. As consequence of conflicting info re Italian position on membership item in Comite 4 and also apparently conflicting approaches in French del, Vorys together with Gross, Fisher and Hyde met with Broustra, Chauvel and others (France); Coulson and Vallat (UK) and Guidotti and Quaroni (Italy). From this meeting there emerged the fol agreed minute which in its original draft was prepared by US. This and earlier conversations will be separately reported:
- “1. The item on Ital membership in the Fourth Comite of the GA, involving as it does the participation of Italy in the TC, presents a basis upon which the Fourth Comite and the GA can ask the SC to act urgently on Italy’s application and as a special case.
- 2. It is most likely that the reconsideration of the Italian application in the SC will lead to a veto there. This course of action will provide an occasion for statements in support of Italy and in sympathy with her just claim for membership, but will probably not result in the necessary favorable recommendation by the SC.
- 3. The Ital reps, in spite of this fact, stated that, in the view of their govt, this course, being the only one which is open under the present circumstances, will be helpful if undertaken in the interest of Italy by France with the support of the UK and the US, and therefore recommend it to the three govts. The Ital observer will make known to friendly members of the UN his govt’s support for this course of action.
- 4. It is understood that a Sov veto of Italy’s application in the SC will not commit any of the three govts to the position that a foundation has thereby been laid for action by the GA or the SC which they might consider in violation of the Charter. However, the three govts are prepared to discuss any course of action they consider consistent with the procedures of the action Charter and with the national policies of all the govts concerned.”