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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRE\n3.\nTRUMAN\n-2- - -\nARCHIVES \"NATIONAL RECORDS AND\ns\nSERVICE\"\nCOVERAGED\nthe Chinese Communists should take place before people make speeches\non the 6-power resolution. This suggested the desirability of some\ninterval.\nThere was discussion as to whether the Chinese would be present.\nIt was pointed out that, if the matter were handled in the Political\nCommittee, the Chinese would be there since the Committee had already\nagreed to have them present for the discussion of any question in which\nthey were interested. On the other hand, there is no procedure for\ninviting outsiders to the Plenary in the General Assembly, and it\nwould be difficult to do this. The Secretary thought it was not too\nimportant to sound out the Chinese. As a matter of fact, this had\nalready been done by Sir. B. N. Rau who was to receive an answer on\nthe sixth. The tone of the debate ought to be sober and would not\nbe affected by the Chinese view just as it would not affect them or\ntheir attitude. If we get the item on the agenda today, the debate\ncould begin tomorrow and then someone could put in the cease-fire\nresolution.\nThere was also discussion of the possible necessity of a\nresolution in the Security Council to take the item off the agenda.\nMr. Hickerson pointed out with Tsiang as President this month this\nmight get us into a long and unfortunate debate in the Security\nCouncil and this should be avoided. It was agreed that Mr. Hickerson\nand Mr. Younger would sound out the views of the French and the\nNorwegians in New York and see whether this technicality could be\ndispensed with.\nMr. Younger pointed out it was possible to begin the debate\nin the General Assembly regardless of Security Council action.\nHe, however, expressed some doubt as to whether the resolution should\nbe filed today. He suggested that certain changes ought to be made.\nHe thought the part of it relating to the Chinese border now would\nseem rather silly although it was applicable to the question of\nbombing. Mr. Hickerson thought it desirable to leave it alone\nexcept for a f ew editorial changes and Sir Oliver supported this\nto show that we had not altered the attitude which we had already\ntaken in the Security Council.\nSir Oliver suggested that, in the discussion of the Far Eastern\nquestion this afternoon, we should face the fundamental difficulties\nof view. The attitudes of the two governments on current action are\nconditioned by their long-range views on China. These views are\ndifferent. We needn't try to find a complete accommodation on the\nlong-range results, but at least the United States should make the\nUnited Kingdom say what they think a bout China and then the United\nStates should\nDICLASSIFIED by authority of\nInitials HL Date 6:26:77\nFOP ores"
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