350/2–2850: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Delegation to the Trusteeship Council, at Geneva
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286. Deltc 29. Dept concurs in position taken by Del in discussion with Garreau re future TC consideration Jerusalem Statute (Tcdel 1031). Del shld continue oppose Fr idea of appointing Governor at this time (Tcdel 103 and 1012). Dept agrees Statute shld not be finally [Page 777] approved by TC at this session and that Jerusalem question shld be carried over in appropriate way to June session TC. Suggestion that TC ask Pres consult parties and report in June is considered sound.
Re question of voting on draft statute (para 1, Tcdel 101) Del, consistent with US policy of cooperating with TC in drafting Statute, shld vote affirmatively on those Arts that are consistent with Dec 9 instrs.3 It wld be preferable if prior to vote on Arts it is generally agreed by TC that document is being approved at this stage only on provisional basis for purposes of discussion by Pres with Israel and Jordan. If general agreement on TC to this effect is not possible Dept believes US shld make statement of our position in above sense and indicate that US affirmative vote on those Arts which involve more complete internationalization than we believe desirable, shld be considered as resulting solely from US participation in technical task of TC, as defined by GA terms of reference, in drafting Statute and on basis that we regard this as provisional approval draft. In view of comment para 1 (a), Tcdel 101, pls make basis US voting clear to UK Del.
- Identified also as telegram 294, February 28, from Geneva, p. 768.↩
- The latter identified also as telegram 285, February 27, from Geneva, p. 766.↩
- This reference is presumably to the instructions incorporated in telegram 641, December 13, 1949, to the U.S. Mission at the United Nations, Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. vi, p. 1538.↩