Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, General; The United Nations, Volume I

501.BB/9–247

The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary-General of the United Nations (Lie)

Washington, September 2, 1947.

Excellency: I have the honor to inform you that the President of the United States of America has appointed the following as Representatives and Alternate Representatives of the United States to the Second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations:

Representatives:	The Honorable George C. Marshall
	The Honorable Warren R. Austin
	The Honorable Herschel V. Johnson1
	Mrs. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt2
	The Honorable John Foster Dulles
Alternate Representatives:3	The Honorable Charles Fahy4
	The Honorable Willard L. Thorp
	The Honorable Francis B. Sayre
	The Honorable Adlai Stevenson5
	Miss Virginia C. Gildersleeve6

When it is possible for the Secretary of State, the Honorable George C. Marshall, to attend sessions of the General Assembly, he will serve in the capacity of Senior Representative of the United States.

In the absence of the Secretary of State, the Honorable Warren R. Austin will serve as Senior Representative of the United States.

Accept [etc.]

Robert A. Lovett

1. In a memorandum of May 23 to Dean Acheson, Under Secretary of State, Mr. Rusk noted that Ambassador Johnson had been recommended for appointment to the United States Delegation by the Department as “a professional foreign service officer of great experience and ability” (501.BB/5–2347). This was the first time that a professional foreign service officer was named to the United States Delegation. Another departure from the 1946 practice was the absence of Congressional representation on the Delegation.
2. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt had served on both United States Delegations to the two parts of the First Session of the General Assembly in 1946.
3. As established in 1946 at the time of the first General Assembly meeting in London, the practice of the United States Delegation was that Alternate Representatives had the same standing as the Representatives.
4. Charles Fahy had been Legal Adviser of the Department of State until July 1947.
5. Adlai E. Stevenson had served in a senior capacity as an adviser to both United States Delegations in 1946.
6. Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Barnard College, at Columbia University, New York, was appointed as a representative of prominent groups of civic-minded American women. She never served, however, and was replaced by Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring, U.S. Army (Ret.), and until August 31, 1947, Assistant Secretary of State for Occupied Areas.