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159. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State1

Geneva, November 13, 1955–noon.

Dulte 74. Eyes only Acting Secretary and Lodge from Secretary. Reference USUN 15 to Geneva repeated Department Delga 275. After conclusion long talk with Molotov he is adamant on Canadian 18-state admission program and said it would be “impossible” for Soviet Union to consider any program which did not include Outer Mongolia. I indicated acceptability of Bandung group and negotiability of Soviet Union European satellites but he did not respond.

Under circumstances believe that unless we are prepared to accept onus of rejecting any package proposal we should quickly get out our own 17-power proposal and try to rally enough support for it to nullify Canadian proposal.

I believe cost of opposing any package proposal would be prohibitive in terms of sentiment in such countries as Italy, Spain, Ceylon, Austria and indeed most of our friends. I must confess I also wonder whether we can in end exclude Outer Mongolia but perhaps if we move rapidly and can get Latinos behind our proposal rather [Page 356] than Canadian, Soviet Union might in end give in although Molotov showed extraordinary stubbornness on Outer Mongolia today.

Dulles
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1355. Top Secret; Niact. A typed notation at the bottom of the source text reads: “Passed USUN 11/13/55. JRL.”↩