Office of the Historian

353/10–2953: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations1

confidential
Washington, October 29, 1953—6:23 p.m.

Gadel 48. Re ICJ election. While you should not campaign against election of Kozhevnikov, who we assume will receive widest support in view sentiment in favor election of judges of Big Five to ICJ, you should not vote for him in SC or GA but should abstain.

Dulles
  1. Drafted by Jones (UNP) and concurred in by Deputy Assistant SecretarySandifer, cleared with the Bureau of European Affairs and L/UNA, approved for transmission by Popper, and signed by Assistant Secretary Murphy.↩