310.2/11–554: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Mission at the United Nations1
Gadel 86. Re: Membership (Delga 185): We would prefer separate vote on first preambular paragraph of draft resolution on Laos and Cambodia in order make our position this paragraph perfectly clear. However, if tactical situation makes it inadvisable for US request separate vote, US Delegation need not do so and may vote for resolution as whole with appropriate explanation. Explanation should include statement that we voted in favor of resolution because of conviction that two states are fully qualified and desire do everything possible to expedite their admission. At same time US continues support admission all other qualified applicants. In our view outcome Geneva Conference did not increase or decrease eligibility of any candidates which GA had previously found fully qualified. State of Viet-Nam is for instance equally qualified as GA has likewise already declared.
- Drafted by Paul W. Jones (UNP) and Ruth Bacon, UN Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs; signed by Popper.↩