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CONFIDENTIAL
August 13, 1952
257
The Secretary telephoned me this morning and said that he
did not have time to talk to the President yesterday at the White
House regarding the appointment of the U.S. Delegation to the
General Assembly this autumn. He said that he did, however,
talk to Donald Dawson because he believed it advisable to get
Dawson's comments in advance rather than to have him enter
the pieture later on. He said that Dawson reacted to the proposed
appointment of Senator Monroney and pointed out that Monroney's
appointment as chairman of the speakers' bureau for Mr. Steven-
son's campaign would keep him completely tied up until after the
election. If the appointment to the Delegation was one which he
would have to work on from the outset prior to the election, Dawson
did not see how he could possibly do the job. Also, Dawson said
there might be some misunderstanding in the President's appoint-
ing him to such a job when Mr. Stevenson had requested his services
for his campaign. If Mr. Monroney could report for work with the
Delegation after the election, that was another matter and it
might well work out all right.
The Secretary said that in the premises he did not want to
go back to see the President and submit to him in its present
form the memorandum prepared by UNA. He suggested that
UNA be asked to redraft the memorandum taking the foregoing
into account and that Under Secretary Bruce then submit the
memorandum to the President.
Apparently, Mr. Dawson did not comment on any of the other
proposed appointments.
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 10.26.25 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter,
By NLT- He , NARS Date 11-29-22
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