310.2/8–2753
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Officer in Charge of General Assembly Affairs (Taylor)1
- Subject:
- General Assembly Matters: UN Membership
- Participants:
- Miss Barbara Salt, First Secretary, British Embassy
- Mr. Paul B. Taylor, UNP
- Mr. Eric Stein, UNP
Miss Salt came at her request for a general discussion of problems to be expected at the Eighth General Assembly. In particular, she was under instructions to raise the question of United Nations membership.
[Here follows discussion of the membership question, see page 961.]
2. Chinese Representation
Miss Salt said she assumed we would probably wish to continue the moratorium in some form. She gave every indication of earnestness in stressing that it is the desire of the foreign office not to split with us on this issue at the coming session. It wants, she said, to avoid differences with us on this issue just as long as the political situation in Britain permits. She said that the foreign office is thinking along the lines of a motion or resolution, at the outset of the session, which would postpone, for the duration of the session, any proposals to change Chinese representation. We told her that when a position on this is approved, we will talk with the British further about specific procedures.
[Here follows brief discussion of “Miscellaneous Items”.]
- Source text indicates this memorandum was dictated Nov. 13.↩