IO Files: US/A/510

Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Harley A. Notter of the United States Delegation Staff of Advisers

confidential

Mr. Hadow1 told me near three o’clock today in the lounge at Lake Success that he and his colleagues had noted during the day a rapid development (a) against the geographic principle, and (b) also against “blindly” voting any longer for a set number of satellites.

He mentioned as a fact that some Latin-American states were likely to vote for India rather than Canada for the Security Council. The risk that Canada might lose worried the British very much. The British were boosting India and Canada, and they hoped we could stiffen support for Canada. Czechoslovakia might not be elected to the Security Council he believed, because of the (b) factor above. The British were pressing Australia for the Economic and Social Council.

As to the Economic and Social Council, we spoke further at five o’clock in the driveway at Lake Success. He replied to my question that Mr. Evatt had taken Mr. Austin’s conversation “very well” and was “happy” to have our support on the second ballot if someone or other of our slate failed to win. He said “Mr. Evatt is anxious now for the news to be spread”—whereupon he leaped into his waiting motor.

  1. R. H. Hadow, Adviser, British Delegation.