Memorandum from Secretary of State George Marshall to President Harry S. Truman with Attachments and Related Material
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
THE
WASHINGTON
June 13, 1947
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Request from Secretary-General x450 of the United Nations that the *85-A
President record a brief message to be broadcast as part of a x 136-A
program commemorating the second anniversary of the signing
of the Charter, June 26.
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In a letter to Ambassador Austin (Tab A) Secretary-General Lie
requests that you be asked to record a two or three minute speech for
broadcasting on June 26 in ceremonies commemorating the second anni-
versary of the signature of the United Nations Charter. The speech
would be used in a world-wide radio program in which the United Nations
Secretariat plans to include messages of similar length from heads of
states or other appropriate officials of the five permanent members of
the Security Council and of one other Member of the United Nations
(probably Prime Minister Spaak of Belgium, the former President of the
General Assembly).
If you agree to this proposal, the United Nations Secretariat
requests that it receive the recording not later than June 15. The
Secretary-General further suggests that a newsreel might be taken
while you are making your statement, with a view to its circulation
to all the Members of the United Nations.
The Department is of the opinion that it would be desirable for
you to make a recorded speech of the type requested by the Secretary-
General. A draft of appropriate remarks is attached for your consider-
ation (Tab B).
If you desire to make the speech, the Office of Public Affairs of
the Department of State will make the necessary arrangements with the
United Nations Secretariat and with your staff.
SERVICES
LIBRARY
GOVERNMENT
Enclosures:
1. Copy of letter from
Secretary-General of
the United Nations.
2. Draft Statement.
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