320/9–1653: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Department of State
secret
New York, September
16, 1953—7 p.m.
Delga 7. Re Turkish candidacy for SC:
- (1)
- Katz Suchy (Poland) and Nosek (Czechoslovakia) informed USUN officer that Poland will be Soviet-bloc candidate to succeed Greece on SC.
- (2)
- Ardalan (Iran) stated that Iran will vote for Turkey.
- (3)
- Ludin (Afghanistan) stated that Afghanistan will vote for Turkey. Ludin added as personal recommendation that he believes Arab support of Turkish candidacy would be furthered by direct and high-level Turkish approaches in the Arab capitals. He also expected that Arab support for Turkey could be beneficially influenced by expressions of Turkish sympathy as regards colonial questions.
- (4)
- Engen (Norway) said that as his instructions now stand Norway will vote for Poland. On personal basis he suggested that votes of Norway, Denmark and other western European powers could be beneficially influenced by high-level US approach in western European capitals, urging that NATO powers make common cause in support of Turkish partner and that Turkey’s election to eastern European SC seat is in direct interest of NATO powers.1
Dulles
- Marginal notation beside last paragraph: “Note!”↩