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UNITED STATES MISSION
July 27, 1950
TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
State
Dept.
July 27, 1950
SUBJECT: Korea--Emergency Relief
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PARTICIPANTS: Mr. Andrew Cordier, UN Secretariat
RECORDS
Mr. James N. Hyde, U.S. Mission
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Cordier handed me the draft resolution (USUN-140,
July 27) prepared by the Secretariat together with the pro-
gram for emergency relief and assistance and its supplement
(attached).
Previously I had only seen the draft resolution and I
commented that I thought the draft provided that the activi-
ties of the Secretary-Genera] and the Unified Command in the
field of relief were as equals consulting each other whereas
in fact the emphasis should probably be on the paramount
interest of the Unified Command which has the responsibility
for all military and non-military action in the area. Cordier
thought that the language of the resolution could be changed
to indicate in detail the responsibilities of the Unified
Command and what the Secretary-General could do.
He emphasized the fact that since the element of
security is not so important in the field of relief he hoped
we could arrive at a resolution that would give the Secre-
tary-General certain scope in calling on the Members of the
UN and the personnel of Specialized Agencies, as well as the
Secretariat, to contribute in money, material and manpower.
He thought that the fact that negotiations on the military
phases are all in Washington has detracted somewhat from the
UN aspects, at least SO far as permanent delegations to Lake
Success are concerned, and he hoped that this would not be
true of the relief situation. He mentioned the psychocologi-
cal and propaganda impact of relief and suggested it was the
way to meet such moves as a possible North Korean election if
they were to attempt one in the immediate future and also to
counter substantial contributions being made to North Korea by
the satellites. He mentioned in particular the press report
of a Hungarian hospital train being given to the North Koreans.
At this point, Secretary-General Lie joined us and urged
very strongly that we try to get this resolution adopted to-
gether with any other pressing matters before the end of the
month in the light of Malik's announcement that he will take
the presidency on the first of August.
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