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CNEIDENTIAL
US/S/1650
December 21, 1950
UNITED STATES MISSION
TO THE UNITED NATIONS
EMORAN DJM OF CONVERSATION
December 20, 1950.
SUBJECT:
Dropping Korea question
from Security Council agenda
PARIT ICPANTS:
r. Denis S. Haskey
NATIONAL
United Kingdom Delegation
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
SERVICE
Mr. C. P. oyes,
United States Mission
Laskey reported that after the United States
Embassy had discussed this question with the Foreign
Office, the Foreign Office had sent them new instruc-
tions. The present position remains as previously,
that it is legally very doubtful that the Assembly
has the right to make recomnendations to Member
States on the Korean question while the matter
remains on the Security Council agenda. The Foreign
Office therefore continues to feel that it is
important that at some time the Security Council
should drop question from its agenda:
They realize that throughout this month there
are very real political difficulties. They are
willing, therefore, to go on for the rest of this
month without raising the issue themselves. Laskey
was not sure what their position would be if other
Delegations, before the end of this month, raised
this issue and it became a hot potato. This would
put them in a very difficult position. He thought
barring this eventuality his Delegation would have
no difficulty in passing any resolution implementing
a cease-fire --- if that were possible -- or the
Six-Power resolution.
In regard to the Sxi-Power resolution, he
thought it could be made an exception on the ground
that in the same resolution the Council had been
prevented from passing it; also that it did not make
recomnendations to ember States but merely stated a
policy. The pritish certainly would have grave
difficulties with any second-step resolution which did
make reconmendations to Members. Laskey thought the
Foreign Office would be anxious, after January 1, to
have the security Council drop the matter from its
agenda so as to eliminate this difficulty. He thought
this could easily be done when quevedo is President,
Laskey indicated that the British had discussed
this in Commonwealth Meeting. He thought that the
point of view he had expressed was the general feeling
of the Commonwealth Group.
DECLASSIFIED
-3-402
E.O.
12065,
Sec.
15196
June
12,
1979
State
Dept.
2-25-44
By
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