310.2/9–1654
Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Key)
- Subject:
- Chinese Representation
- Participants:
- The Netherlands Ambassador, Mr. Van Roijen
- Mr. David Key, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
In further reference to the attitude of the Netherlands Government regarding the question of Chinese representation, Ambassador Van Roijen telephoned me this morning and informed me that his government was agreeable to the modification which I had submitted to him when he last called, namely that there be substituted the words “decides not to consider, etc.” instead of “postpones consideration, etc.” The Ambassador added that while his government was still not prepared to enter into a moratorium agreement extending beyond the end of the current year, he thought it likely that during any discussion of this subject an opportunity would be taken by the Netherlands Delegation orally to state that it did not favor excluding the representatives of the government of the republic of China or of seating the representatives of the Central Peoples Government of the Peoples’ Republic of China during the entire session (even if the session should extend into 1955).
The Ambassador stated that the Netherlands Foreign Minister, Mr. Luns, wished to call on me during his stay in Washington and it was arranged that he and the Ambassador should call on me tomorrow at 4 p.m.