320/12–1352: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations1
confidential
Washington, December 15,
1952—6:42 p.m.
Gadel 102. Re Membership (Delga 365):
- 1.
- You are authorized acquiesce in reference of pol res to study comite but shld make clear our continued opposition to package proposal.
- 2.
- If pol res not referred to study comite and is put to vote, you shld vote against it unless amendment appears be best way to assure defeat of package proposal, in which event you are authorized support amendment so that res wld ask SC reconsider all applications instead of just fourteen and wld contain no endorsement of simultaneous admission of all applicants.
- 3.
- Dept concurs draft res on Japan contained reftel. We wld appreciate info re Fr intentions on Indo-China states.
Bruce
- Drafted by Jones, UNP; cleared in draft with the geographic bureaus (in substance with EUR), cleared in substance with L/UNA; and signed by Assistant Secretary Hickerson.↩