330/7–550: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
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[Received July 5—9:12 p. m.]
22. Gross and Ross lunched with Sunde and Stabell this noon to bring them up to date on USUN and Department thinking on proposed resolution for action at next SC meeting. Gross and Ross gave them copy full text of resolution transmitted Department’s 15, July 4, explaining that our present thinking with which UK and French delegates seem to agree was to drop paragraph 7 and 8 for time being and concentrate on short form of resolution through numbered paragraph [Page 309] 6. Sunde indicated support for short form, and said he did not feel it necessary or desirable at this stage to get involved in complicated question of setting up committee. He said he was unaware of pressure from any quarter to set up a committee at this stage. He said he had talked with Lie on telephone this a. m. and that Lie was not pressing for committee.
Re sponsorship of resolution, Sunde although without instruction clearly indicated he favored Norway as sole sponsor. (Stabell told Ross privately he was personally opposed to Norwegian sponsorship since his government would not have full opportunity and time to consider many implications of action). Sunde recognized that French and possibly British also might wish to participate in sponsorship. He thought there should be maximum of free sponsors.
Question Chinese representation came up by Norwegian reference current activities Rau. Gross and Ross took line indicated Department’s No. 9, July 3.1
Sunde indicated he thought if question should arise in SC, in light his government’s position, he would probably have to vote for seating Communists; he agreed, however, it would be undesirable for question to come up during Korean crisis.
In context Chinese representation question and Russian absence, Sunde observed (referring to Hoover’s speech)2 that he thought whole function and structure of UN should be studied with view to charter revision in event continued absence Russians. He agreed, however, would be better not to give Russians excuse for charging free nations had broken up UN, but rather that we should continue on present basis, leaving seat open for Russians.