Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, The United Nations; The Western Hemisphere, Volume II

320/1–2152: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin)

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Washington, January 22, 1952—6: 30 p.m.

Gadel 793. Re Membership: Although Dept does not have text Sov Res on membership introduced Comite I,¹ we gather from Delga 1127² that text only requests that SC reconsider 13 of old applications plus Libya. Dept assumes USDel will oppose and vote against this Res, pointing out for example it excludes ROK.

In membership debate USDel shld also state case for separate consideration applications on merits each case.

Acheson

1. The Soviet Union submitted the following draft resolution to the First Committee on January 21: “The General Assembly, Recommends that the Security Council should reconsider the applications of Albania, the People’s Republic of Mongolia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Ireland, Jordan, Austria, Ceylon and Nepal, and consider the application of Libya for membership in the United Nations.” (Doc. A/C.1/703). For the official text, which is incorporated into the proceedings of the First Committee for January 21, see GA (VI). First Committee, p. 221.
2. The Delegation’s Daily Unclassified Telegram Summary, January 21, 1952, 11: 45 p. m. (320/1–2152).