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    "ocrText": "is\nSecurity Information\n-\nUnited Kingdom Observer to the Pacific Council\nMR. EDEN opened the conversation by assuring the Secretary that the\nUnited Kingdem was not in any sense trying to egate crash\" on the question\nof the Pacifie Comeil. Nevertholess, be said, as a Pacific power the\nUnited Kingdom would hope to have a representative present in meetings of\nthe Pacific Council. MR. EDEN montioned that he had recently discussed\nthis matter with Mr.o Menzies, who had remarked that the presence of a Britich\nrepresentetive might create difficulties for the United states. THE SECRETARY\nreplied that he agreed in principle to some sort of British representation\nbut fearsd thet the attendance of a United Kingdom observer, at least for the\npresent, would create difficulties for all concerned resulting as it would\nin other nations with interests in the area, including the Filipinos, the\nFrench, and even the Indonesians, requesting the presence of an obsexvor.\nNevertheless, THE SECRETARY said, ho would be glad to discues the question\nwith Ma Mensies and Mr. Holland in the forthooming meeting in Honolulu.\nMR. LLOTD remerked that the Government vould have to expect sevore critician\nas it would go down bedly here that as agreement had been made to establish\na Pacific Council and that the United Kingdom was without representation on\nthe Council. MR EDEN wound up by stating that the Government could at\nleast say that the British position was woll understood and that it would\nbe discuased at the next meeting of the Council.\nCS KRUMAN\nUnited Nations Facilities in Japan\nMR. EDEN aaid that his Government was very grateful indeed for the\neffectivo assistance which Ambassador Murphy in Tokyo had rendered in conne@\ntion with negotiations which the Commonvealth powera concerned vere conduct-\ning with a view to obtaining for their armed forces in Japen a status similar\nto that of United States forces.\nMR. EDEN said that the Foreign Office has now prepared preliminary\ndrafts of 2 papers. The first is a proposal for en international commission\nto supervise olections in the Sudan and the second is A proposed nen agree-\nment between the UK and Egypt for the administration of the Sudan. He was\nhopeful that these proposals might break the deadlock which presently pre-\nvails between the UK and Egypt.\nAt MR. EDEN'g request, SIR JAMES BOWKER provided further elaboration\nregarding the relations between the UK and Egypt. He said that the UK feels\nthat the recent conversations between the Fudanese and the Egyptians may\nprovide a back door for getting conversations undervay At least, the UK\nfeels, Eyptian eyes have now been opened to the fact that the question of\nthe King's title is not a simple issus. If the UK recognizes the title\nwithout\nJBORET\nSecurity Information"
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