164. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State1
Delga 298. Re membership. Last night, Tuesday,2 after the meeting of the 22 countries who are interested in membership, Martin of Canada called me but we did not connect. When I returned his call this morning he made roughly the following declaration:
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I said that I would talk to him after meeting with the Russians and that I thought the realism of the situation was that for reasons with which he, Martin, was perfectly familiar, Outer Mongolia could not get through the SC. It would not be because of any action of the US either. Therefore, I was going to try to persuade the Russians that if they would drop Outer Mongolia, the US would help get the 17 package deal across, and without voting for the satellites ourselves, would actively try to get the votes for them in the SC and would stand by a package SC report in the GA. I said that one of the reasons we did not like his plan to take this up in the ad hoc committee was that we were afraid it would generate more pressure for Outer Mongolia, which was like beating your head against a stone wall in view of the reality of the situation, and that instead of trying to whip up sentiment for Outer Mongolia his effort should be directed towards trying to persuade the Russians not to be arbitrary about it.
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