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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-MONO-State\nGalley\n97\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nc. Location\n1. We recommend for headquarters an internationalized district\ncomprising a strip of Swiss territory on which League and ILO build-\nings are located and the adjacent French territory of the Pays de Gex.\nd. International Trusteeships\n1. We be authorized to study further with military and naval\nauthorities and if you approve, to exchange proposals with U. K.,\nU. S. S. R., and China prior to the general conference.\ne. Drafting of Court Statute\n1. We tentatively agreed at Dumbarton Oaks to have experts meet\nseveral weeks prior to general conference to draft statute.\nf. Termination of League\n1. British and Chinese studying. They have promised to give us\ntheir conclusions.\n3. Congressional Groups-May I have discussions with them-\nEspecially on voting procedure.\nUNA Files\nThe Acting Secretary of State (Stettinius) to the President\n[WASHINGTON,] November 15, 1944.\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT 1\n1 Unsigned carbon copy; authorship not indicated. This memorandum and the\nfive following memoranda were prepared for a conference with the President on\nNovember 15, 1944. See post, pp. -\nSubject: Questions Left Unsettled at Dumbarton Oaks\nThere are six principal questions which need to be settled in con-\nnection with the establishment of the United Nations organization.\nThey are as follows:\n1. Voting procedure in the Security Council\n2. Initial membership\n3. Location of the United Nations Organization\n4. Arrangements for International Trusteeships\n5. Drafting of Court statute\n6. Procedure for the termination of the League of Nations\nThere are attached hereto recommendations as regards the first\nfour of these questions.\nAs regards the Court statute, it was tentatively agreed at Dum-\nbarton Oaks that a group of legal experts would meet two or three\nweeks prior to the opening of the Conference to draft the document.\nAs regards procedure for the termination of the League of Nations,\nthe British and the Chinese governments have appointed committees\nto work on this subject and have promised to communicate their\nconclusions to us."
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