Office of the Historian

310.2/6–1753: Telegram

The United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge) to the Department of State

confidential
priority
New York, June 17, 1953—5:53 p.m.

823. Re Chinese representation. Most significant aspect of Soviet representative’s effort to get Chinese Communists seated in SC yesterday was fact he referred twice to his proposal as being a substantive one.

Following motion by Sears to postpone, Zonov said, “I have submitted a substantive question.” Further along he said, “I ask that my proposal be put to the vote first as a substantive and important proposal.”

This ineptitude on Zonov’s part may be very substantial advantage to US if and when we are confronted with necessity of using veto in SC against seating Chinese Communist in that body.

This should help us demonstrate that question of seating Chinese Reds is substantive and not procedural.

Copies of verbatim text of Zonov’s statements yesterday being sent Sandifer by pouch.

Lodge