Office of the Historian

Continuing United States concern with the issue of expanded United Nations membership; the unsuccessful United States initiatives to bring about the admission of Japan (1952) and to make possible non-member participation in the General Assembly (1954) 1

1. For previous documentation relating to this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1951, vol. ii, pp. 286 ff.

[683] The Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Washington, April 6, 1954—7:01 p.m.

310.2/3–3154: Telegram

[689] The Acting Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Washington, April 15, 1954—6: 54 p.m.

310.2/4–1354: Telegram

[690] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Austria

Washington, April 16, 1954—7: 32 p.m.

310.2/4–1654: Telegram

[691] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State

Moscow, April 18, 1954—5 p.m.

310.2/4—1854: Telegram

[693] The Chargé in Austria (Yost) to the Department of State

Vienna, April 20, 1954—6 p.m.

310.2/4–2054: Telegram

[694] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Austria

Washington, April 28, 1954—6:12 p.m.

310.2/4–2054: Telegram

[695] The Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State

Paris, April 30, 1954—4 p.m.

310.2/4–3054: Telegram

[696] The Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Key) to the United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge)

[Washington,] May 11, 1954.

Hickerson–Murphy–Key files, lot 58 D 33, “Ambassador Lodge”

[698] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Aldrich) to the Department of State

London, May 21, 1954—11 a.m.

310.2/5–2154: Telegram

[699] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Austria

Washington, June 4, 1954—7:01 p.m.

310.2/5–2154: Telegram

[701] The Chargé in Japan (Parsons) to the Department of State

Tokyo, June 20, 1954—9 a.m.
[Received—3:12 a.m.]

310.2/6–2054: Telegram

[702] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Japan

Washington, June 23, 1954—8:10 p.m.

310.2/6–2054: Telegram

[703] The Ambassador in Japan (Allison) to the Department of State

Tokyo, June 29, 1954—8 p.m.

310.2/6–2954: Telegram

[704] The Chargé in Austria (Yost) to the Department of State

Vienna, July 1, 1954—4 p.m.

310.2/7–154: Telegram

[705] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Austria

Washington, July 7, 1954—7: 51 p.m.

310.2/7–154: Telegram

[706] The Chargé in Austria (Yost) to the Department of State

Vienna, July 8, 1954—8 p.m.

310.2/7–854: Telegram

[708] Memorandum by Elizabeth Brown of the Office of United Nations Political and Security Affairs

[Washington,] September 7, 1954.

UNP files, lot 59 D 237, “Membership”

[709] The Chargé in Cambodia (Goodman) to the Department of State

Phnom Penh, August 25, 1954—6 p.m.

310.2/8–2554: Telegram