501.A Summaries/12–449: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
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Chinese Case
Co-sponsors of the joint resolution on the Chinese case decided unanimously against acceptance of Chinese-suggested amendments. They also agreed that Tsiang’s (China) suggested revision of his resolution would not change their position on voting against the resolution as a whole.1 When informed of these decisions and Jessup’s view thait it would be advisable to concentrate on the joint draft, Tsiang remarked, “Well, I guess that is the only way”. However, he did not indicate whether this signified that he would withdraw his resolution.
In an earlier conversation, Tsiang indicated that if the suggested revisions were unacceptable, he would go ahead with his original resolution. He reiterated that if the Chinese resolution were defeated in the Committee and the joint resolution were approved, he would not re-introduce his proposal in the Plenary. However, he said he would have to (abstain on the joint resolution in the Plenary.
Yu (China), who attended the LA caucus on the Chinese case, confirmed that no definite decisions were taken.
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- In Delga 265, December 2, the Department was Informed of certain amendments which Tsiang proposed for the 5-Power joint resolution; if accepted, the Chinese would withdraw their resolution (501.BB/12–249). In Delga 267, December 3, the U.S. Delegation reported Chinese proposals for revision of their own resolution (501.BB/12–349). In respect of both developments close consultation was maintained between the U.S. and other delegations co-sponsoring the joint resolution.↩