Office of the Historian

222. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions1

Washington, December 16, 1955—12:52 p.m.

396. You should deliver following personal message from Acting Secretary to Foreign Minister:

I am pleased on the occasion of the admission of (insert name of country) to the UN to have the opportunity to express the deep gratification of the United States that the long overdue entry of your country into the United Nations has at last taken place. It gives me real pleasure to extend our sincere congratulations and to express our satisfaction that (insert name of country) is now a fellow Member of the UN. I know that the participation of (insert name of country) in the work of the UN will add greatly to the effectiveness and influence of the Organization.

Hoover
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/12–1655. Official Use Only. Sent to Amman, Columbo, Dublin, Helsinki, Lisbon, Madrid, New Delhi (for passage to the Nepalese Embassy for appropriate delivery to Katmandu), Rome, Tripoli, Vienna, and Vientiane. Repeated to Paris for the Secretary who was there to attend the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council, December 15-16.↩