Office of the Historian

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

New York, November 25, 1957—9 p.m.

Delga 472. Re West New Guinea (Gadel 892). Pursuant to Dept instruction USGADel discussed this afternoon3 with SYG possibility SYG sounding out parties to New Guinea dispute to see whether [Page 517] agreed res could be worked out along lines text furnished by Dept. After examining text of draft res, SYG indicated he believed “would be waste of time” for him undertake effort. He felt sure Indonesians would turn down suggestion, adding that they “smelled blood”. They sought resounding vote on 19-power res; he thought they would get good vote, whether or not they obtain two-thirds. He felt suggested res probably acceptable to Dutch, implying this would make it more unacceptable to Indonesians.

Lodge
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 656.56D13/11–2557. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.↩
  2. Document 297.↩
  3. Walmsley telephoned Barco at 5:45 p.m. on November 25 to give him the instructions in Gadel 89. Barco told Walmsley that he, Wadsworth, and William I. Cargo, Deputy Director of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs and a member of the Delegation to the General Assembly, had talked to Secretary-General Hammarskjöld who was unwilling to take the proposed initiative. (Memorandum of telephone conversation by Walmsley, November 25; Department of State, Central Files, 756C.00/11–2557)↩