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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and\nDept. of State letter, Aup 5-12-74 1913\nEx NLT HC , NARS 0216-30-76\nINFORMAL TRANSLATION\nARCHIVES 3. RECORDS \"NATIONAL AND\nOF FRENCH EMBASSY NOTE 565,\n=\nSERVICE\"\nONDIVIDUAL\nOctober 9, 1951\nThe Embassy of France presents its compliments to the\nDepartment of State and, with reference to the request intro=\nduced in the United Nations Organization by the states members\nof the Arab League with a view to having the Moroccan question\nplaced on the agenda of the next General Assembly, has the\nhonor to inform it below of the position which the Fronch\nGovernment intends to adopt in this matter.\nThe Fronch Delegation will maintain the position, both\nbefore the General Committee and the Plenary Assembly of the\nUnited Nations when the adoption of the agenda comes upe that\nthe United Nations is not competent to deal with the Moroccan\nquestion. Its argumentation will be based on the provisions of\nParagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Charter relating to domestic\njurisdiction and also on the provisions of Chapter 11 which\nhas in no way conferred to the Organization a right of control\nover the administration of non=selfogoverning territories.\nThe French Delegation desires that the General Committee\nand subsequently the Plenary Assembly does not approve placing\nthe Moroccan item on the agenda. It thus intends to forestall\na debate in committee and the possible adoption of recommenda=\ntions which the Fronch Government here and now has decided it\ncannot recognize and cannot execute.\nThe intervention of the Fronch Delegation will not be\nlimited to procedure; it will include a refutation of the alle=\ngations contained in the Egyptian complaint. The Fronch Dele-\ngation will take the occasion to show that France has fulfilled\nits \"sacred trust\" accepted by the administrating authorities\nwithin the framework of Article 73 of the Charter and it will\ndeclare that France intends to continue to foster the evolution\nof Morocco in conformity with the principles set forth in the\nCharter.\nWhile informing the Department of State of the foregoing\nthe French Embassy desires to emphasize the importance that the\nFrench Government attaches to the American Delegation supporting\nthe position of the French Delegation during the debates.\nWith reference to the declarations made regarding Morocco\nby His Excellency Mr. Robert Schuman during the recent con=\nversations in Washington, in particular when he brought out\nthe"
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