II. Interest of the United States in increasing the effectiveness of the United Nations: United States proposals for the establishment of an interim committee of the General Assembly and for a study of voting procedure in the Security Council 1
1. For documentation related to this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. i, pp. 117 ff. For related developments, see documentation on the United States and the United Nations: The United States initiative, September 1947, ante, pp. 14 ff.
An important documentary reference source on this subject is found in Department of State Lot File 71–D 440, Box 19232, Folder “Committee 1, Interim General Assembly Committee on Peace and Security” (in the section carrying the tab “Background”).
[141] Memorandum by Mr. LaVerne Baldwin of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/C.1/609
[142] Memorandum by Mr. Charles P. Noyes of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers
IO Files: US/A/955
[144] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Robert M. McClintock, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of Special Political Affairs (Rusk)
IO Files: US/A/971