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The Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations
546. Re election to Security Council, UK Embassy advises Swedish Government informed UK and Belgian representatives in New York and Stockholm end of March that Sweden definitely will not be candidate for Danish Security Council seat. However Swedish Government stated it does not accept principle European seat should alternate at each election between Benelux and Scandinavia, and cannot promise support Belgium. UK Embassy thinks this statement made only for face-saving purposes. Embassy had not advised Department sooner since had assumed above information known to us.