Letter from Ambassador Norman Makin to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments
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AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
PERSONAL AND TOP
2nd May, 1948.
My dear Mr. President,
The Australian Minister for External Affairs, the
Right Honourable H. V. Evatt, K.C., LL.D., has asked me to deliver to
you, at the earliest opportunity, the following personal and confidential
message from himself:-
"We have watched closely the debates which have taken place
in the Special Assembly. As previously advised to the State
Department for the information of the Secretary of State and your
good self, Australia had to oppose the trusteeship plan for reasons
of justice and for the sake of the United Nations which was in
great danger of being by-passed.
I know you will agree that the members of the United Nations
and the peoples of the democracies should be most careful to avoid
moves which are either provocative of war or likely further to increase
existing tension between the great powers.
My representatives at the Geneva Information Conference and
at all international meetings are directed to support the United
Nations and all its decisions. For that reason the Australian
Representative on the Special Assembly has taken a lead in upholding
the General Assembly recommendations on Palestine. These were
arrived at after most careful and impartial examination of the facts.
These recommendations by a committee sent to Palestine and by a
committee over which I presided could have led quickly to a solution
which would have been lasting as it was based on justice.
The President of the United States of America,
White House,
STITE DEPT. LTR. 6.3.43
DECLASSIFIED
WASHINGTON.
D.C.
Authority NLT-P3-7
By HC NLT. Date 8-29-13
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