795.00/7–1550: Telegram
The Ambassador in India (Henderson) to the Secretary of State
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[Received July 15—2:41 p. m.]
95. 1. At request of Bajpai, Secretary General MEA, I called upon him at noon today. He told me Nehru had yesterday received through acting UK HICOM reply to Nehru’s message to UK Government of July 12.1 Reply was to effect that UK Government could not support seating Communist China in UN organization until Communist China had agreed it would not move against Formosa; until North Koreans [Page 392] had withdrawn from ROK; and until Russians had resumed their seat in SC.
2. Bajpai said GOI deeply disappointed at negative character UK reply and Nehru had immediately sent another appeal to UK Government. Bajpai outlined general character of this new appeal. According my recollection it was to effect that:
- (a)
- There is threat of world war unless present deadlock in SC can be broken and way opened for solution of problems of Korea and Formosa.
- (b)
- If one party attempts lay down conditions for seating of Communist China and for opening conversations for solving Korean and Formosa questions, other party may be prompted to do likewise. For instance, Russia may well insist that resolutions of SC re Korea be cancelled before it will re-enter SC or participate in activities SC.
- (c)
- Assuming one party takes position that “face” is involved, other party may also ascribe more importance to “face” and no progress can be made.
- (d)
- What is needed is a dispassionate and independent settlement of problem of Chinese representation in SC.
- (e)
- UK and US would be serving cause of peace and of survival of mankind if, without any surrender of vital interests of prestige, they would agree to seating Communist China.
- (f)
- If Russia and Communist China after admission would use veto to block efforts SC to solve problems before it, world would hold these two powers guilty of endangering world peace.
- (g)
- Communist China certainly, and Russia probably, are anxious to avoid world war and admission Communist China at this time may help avoid such a war.
3. I assume UK has furnished Department with copy GOI’s new appeal and can check from it accuracy my memory as to its contents.
4. Bajpai again expressed disappointment at UK attitude. He said UK apparently has gone backward rather than forward. Only recently it was prepared to vote to admittance Communist China. It seemed now, however, to be laying down conditions, some of which were not pertinent to merits of case.
5. I made no comments other than to thank Bajpai for giving me this information and promised to convey it at once to Washington.
Department pass London; repeated information London 7.