Office of the Historian

320/8–1853: Telegram

The Ambassador in Belgium (Alger) to the Department of State1

confidential
Brussels, August 18, 1953—6 p.m.

131. Department telegram 161, August 14, and Embassy telegram 127, August 17. In further discussion of Belgian decision withdraw from committee on non-self-governing territories Foreign Office official said this morning that French and UK Embassies have associated themselves with our representations.

While Foreign Office has not yet received word from its UN delegate confirming that notification of withdrawal has been given, Foreign Office official said that Belgian UN delegate does not possess authority to postpone action. Foreign Office official made personal comment that “strong pressure from Belgium’s best friends” had been fully anticipated by Foreign Office.

Alger
  1. Repeated to London and Paris for information; passed by the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations at 4:40 p.m., Aug. 18.↩