FE files, lot 55 D 388, “United Nations”
Memorandum by the United Nations Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs (Bacon), to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Johnson)
[Extracts]
secret
[Washington,] September 16, 1953.
- Subject:
- Items of Special FE Interest in New York’s Daily Secret Summary [for September 15, 1953]
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- 7.
- Credentials Committee. The GA yesterday approved a Credentials Committee with the following membership: Cuba, Iceland, Indonesia, New Zealand, Peru, Syria, the USSR, the UK and the US. (Note: This slate had been informally checked by the UN Secretariat with the US Delegation before submission. There are six states which do not recognize the Chinese Communists and three which do—a proportion reflecting the actual situation in the General Assembly. This lineup ensures a credentials report in support of the Chinese Nationalists.)
- 8.
- Vote on Chinese Representation. The US proposal to postpone consideration of the Chinese representation question for the 8th GA during the current year was approved. The vote on Chinese representation was 44–10 (Soviet bloc, India, Indonesia, Burma, Sweden and Yugoslavia)–2 (Afghanistan, Syria) with four countries not voting.