Office of the Historian

138. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State1

New York, November 3, 1955—midnight.

Delga 213. Re: membership. In a conversation with Urrutia (Colombia) he agreed with Belaunde (Peru) and me that with addition of 17 new members in UN it would be easier for us to prevent a two-thirds vote against us on issues in which we have an interest.

Belaunde then said he planned to bring up membership item in ad hoc committee this Friday, and after I said this would be too soon, he said then perhaps he would bring it up following Friday. After further discussion he then agreed that he would not bring up this matter of membership in ad hoc before consulting with us.

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Lodge
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–355. Confidential.↩