Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Africa and South Asia, Volume XI, Part 1

771.00/10–852: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France¹

secret priority

Washington, October 8, 1952—3:33 p.m.

2017. Dept has decided handle Moroccan item in GA in same manner as Tunisian question. For time being we will follow same line with other UN Dels and press as we are presently following re Tunisia: namely, in reply to inquiries from other dels USUN will inform them in confidence of our position; we will reply to press inquiries that we are consulting with other dels on this and other agenda items.²

Pls inform FonOff of foregoing decision which we gather from Hoppenot’s statement will not be surprising to Fr. FYI USUN will commence answering inquiries on Oct 10 along above lines.

Acheson

1. This telegram was drafted by Elting (UNP) and McBride (WE) and was cleared with AF. It was repeated to USUN, Rabat, and Tangier.
2. For details, see documentation on Tunisia, pp. 665 ff.