320/11–2752
The Acting Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations1
confidential
Washington, November 29,
1952—2:49 p.m.
Gadel 76. Re Membership: Fol are Dept’s views on Delga 277:
- 1.
- Dept agrees US shld not take initiative for postponement of membership question.
- 2.
- GA in previous years has approved resolutions requesting SC to reconsider all applications without any implication that GA was requesting favorable action on all applicants together. Dept therefore does not understand UK objection to an amendment to Sov proposal so as to request SC reconsider all applications. However, if amendment wld not receive substantial support, and if USSR again submits its proposal, Dept believes US shld vote against it without offering amendment.
- 3.
- Our tentative view is that we might be able support a proposal for establishment of Comite to study membership problem if this course has substantial support. However, submission of such a proposal by US might be interpreted by others as an indication that US is ready to alter its position on membership. We therefore believe that if it is decided to go ahead with this proposal, some other del, for example LA Del, shld take initiative in presenting it to GA. With this reservation in mind, you are authorized discuss proposal as possible course of action with other key dels. In these discussions, suggest you point out that this course might head off undesirable proposals and might most easily result in defeat of Sov res.
- 4.
- Re tentative draft res, Dept has
fol preliminary comments:
- a.
- Believe ideas expressed in paras 1 and 2 might be combined and that preamble shld also note action taken by SC on applications of Japan and three Indo-China states and express determination that they shld be admitted.
- b.
- Suggest para 4 be omitted since point already covered in present para 1.
- c.
- Suggest para 5 be modified to make clear GA not expressing itself in favor of unqualified universality and that para 6 be omitted.
- d.
- Suggest para 7 be made first para of preamble.
- e.
- Believe para 9 shld be revised to request comite take into account the two ICJ opinions as well as proposals made in GA or submitted by members.
- f.
- Re para 10, we assume Big 5 wld be represented onGA Comite and therefore question need of additional Comite being designated by SC. In this connection, Dept wld appreciate Gadel’s views on composition of Comite.
Bruce
- Drafted by Jones, UNP; and signed by the Director of the Office of UN Political and Security Affairs (Wainhouse).↩