Editorial Note
USUN telegram Delga 78, October 7, transmitted a draft resolution on Morocco given to the United States Delegation by the chairman of the Egyptian Delegation. The text noted that France had not implemented the December 19, 1952 resolution of the General Assembly on Morocco. It requested the French Government to terminate martial law in Morocco, release all political prisoners, establish democratic institutions through free elections, and ended with a paragraph requesting the President of the General Assembly to confer with the French Government on implementing the resolution and to report to the General Assembly as appropriate.
[Page 635]USUN telegram Delga 75, October 7, reported that a member of the French Delegation at the United Nations told the United States Delegation he was sure the Arab-Asian resolution could not get enough votes to pass. The French hoped no alternative resolution would be introduced, and requested the United States Delegation to actively discourage any Latin American move to introduce one. Telegram Gadel 19 to USUN, October 8, informed the delegation that the French Ambassador had approached the Department of State, expressing hope that the delegation would oppose the introduction of any resolution by friendly supporters. The Department’s position was that, while the United States would vote against the Arab-Asian resolution, it had to maintain freedom of maneuver. If the Latin Americans introduced a mild and reasonable resolution on their own it would probably be adopted, and it was hard to see how the United States could oppose it.
USUN telegram Delga 97, October 9, transmitted the text of the resolution introduced on that day by the Delegations of Afghanistan, Burma, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon. It was basically the same as that transmitted in Delga 78. Documentation on this topic is in Department of State file 320.