101. Telegram 5986 From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, December 8, 1976, 2307Z.1 2
TELEGRAM
Department of State
USUN 5986
R 082307Z DEC 76
FM USMISSION USUN NY
TO SECSTATE
WASHDC 1500
INFO AMEMBASSY PARIS
USUN 5986
E.O. 11652: GDS
TAGS: PFOR, UNGA,
UNSC, VN
SUBJ: 31ST UNGA: UN SECRETARY GENERAL DRAWS ATTENTION OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO UNGA RESOLUTION ON ADMISSION OF VIETNAM
(A) USUN 5683 (B) USUN 5722
1. UN SECRETARY GENERAL WALDHEIM HAS ADVISED UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DATCU OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION (REF (A)) ON ADMISSION OF VIETNAM (S/12252, 7 DECEMBER 1976): QUOTE
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO TRANSMIT TO YOU HEREWITH THE TEXT OF RESOLUTION 31/21, ENTITLED “ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS”, WHICH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTED AT ITS 80TH PLENARY MEETING ON 26 NOVEMBER 1976.
IN THIS CONNEXION, I SHOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR TO THE OPERATIVE PART OF THE RESOLUTION IN QUESTION, WHICH READS:
‘1. CONSIDERS THAT THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM SHOULD BE ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS;
‘2. ACCORDINGLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD RECONSIDER THE MATTER FAVOURABLY IN STRICT CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 4 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.’
(SIGNED) KURTH WALDHEIM
UNQUOTE
2. FRENCH MISSION CONSIDERS SECRETARY GENERAL’S LETTER TO HAVE BEEN “ROUTINE” TRANSMISSION AND CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT VIETNAMESE WILL NOT PRESS FOR NEW SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER JANUARY (REF (B)). WE HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRADICT THE FRENCH ON THIS.
SCRANTON
- Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Confidential. Repeated to Paris. Ion Datcu of Romania was President of the U.N. Security Council.↩
- Scranton informed the Department that although United Nations Secretary General Waldheim had transmitted the General Assembly’s request that the Security Council reconsider the question of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s membership application, action would likely be postponed until 1977.↩