United States Interest in the Admission of Qualified Applicants to United Nations Membership and the Issue of Chinese Representation1

1. For previous documentation on membership issues at the United Nations, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. III, pp. 620 ff.


161. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1455. Confidential.


162. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1555. Confidential; Priority.


164. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1655. Confidential; Priority.


165. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1655. Secret; Priority.


166. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1655. Confidential.


169. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1855. Secret; Niact.


170. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1955. Secret; Priority.


171. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1955. Secret; Limited Distribution.


172. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–1955. Confidential.


174. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2155. Secret; Niact; Limited Distribution.


175. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, November 21, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2155. Secret. Drafted by Bacon.


176. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2255. Secret; Niact. A typewritten notation on the source text reads: “Written by the Secretary and sent at his request (FE-Robertson).”


177. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2255. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Brown and Bacon. Cleared by Wilcox, Robertson, and Phleger. Approved for transmission by Dulles.


178. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2255. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Hong Kong and Tokyo.


179. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2255. Secret. Repeated to Ottawa.


180. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2355. Confidential; Priority.


181. Telegram From the Embassy in the Republic of China to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2355. Secret.


182. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Canadian Chargé d’Affaires (Glazebrook), Department of State, Washington, November 23, 1955

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2355. Confidential. Drafted by Merchant.


183. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2555. Secret; Priority.


184. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2655. Secret; Priority.


185. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission at the United Nations

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2655. Secret; Niact.


186. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2855. Secret; Niact.


187. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2855. Secret; Niact.


188. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Republic of China

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2855. Secret; Priority. Repeated to USUN eyes only for Lodge. Drafted by Dulles. Telegram 501 from Taipei, November 29, reported that this message was delivered to Foreign Minister Yeh that afternoon and he promised to relay it to Chiang as the latter was leaving town that evening, (Ibid., 310.2/11–1955)


189. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–2955. Secret; Niact.


190. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 310.2/11–3055. Secret; Priority.