320/12–452: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Department of State
Delga 320. Re Membership. Working group this subj has been giving consideration to possible composition of special comite to study membership, with view to making suggestions to Central American dels. These dels apparently now wish to proceed fairly rapidly with res on membership study, and contemplate possibility of naming special comite in draft res to be introduced by them. Our tentative thinking is that slate might consist of China, France, USSR, UK, US, Brazil, El Salvador, Peru, Australia, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Norway. In talking about LA representation on special comite, Central Americans have suggested Cuba rather than Brazil.1
In response to your request in Gadel 79, we have considered question of whether during comite debate there is likelihood of preamble in [Page 882] study res being watered down through elimination of certain historical paras of importance to US. Estimate of working group is that, while there is always some risk of such a development in regard to a res such as the contemplated res on membership, the risk appears small; in fact likelihood, if anything, wld be for addition of further paras to preamble, perhaps by some of Latin Americans.
- Marginal notation: “Thailand as added member.”↩