Memorandum from Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment
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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
November 2, 1948
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
The U. S. Delegation in Paris has been advised that
the Security Council Subcommittee, formed to make recom-
mendations in connection with the recent breaches of the
truce in Palestine, has prepared a resolution which it
will probably approve Tuesday afternoon, the vote being
taken by the Security Council probably on Wednesday or
Thursday.
A copy of the draft resolution has been received by
telegram and is attached. In accordance with your in-
structions, the U. S. Delegation requests most urgently
that instructions be given them prior to Wednesday morn-
ing 9:00 o'clock Paris time (3:00 a.m. Wednesday E.S.T.)
as to the position to be taken in the vote on the attached
resolution.
While there is a good chance the Security Council may
not meet on this subject Wednesday because there is a plenary
session of the General Assembly on that date, there is al-
ways a possibility that a special session may be called
and, in any event, the resolution will most certainly come
up for a vote on Thursday,
The Subcommittee which prepared the resolution con-
sists of Belgium, France, China, the United Kingdom, and
Ukraine. We are advised that the vote in the Subcommittee
was 4 to 1, with the Ukraine voting against it. It is
possible that the vote may foreshadow a U.S.S.R. veto in
the Security Council although the U.S.S.R. was one of the
countries most insistent on "putting teeth into the UN
truce order"
This Government supported the May 29 resolution
setting up the original truce and was one of the sponsors
of the July 15 resolution continuing the truce. We also
actively supported the August 19 resolution. On October 21
the President approved instructions to the Delegation to
continue to support the truce resolutions by affirmative
vote.
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug 1973
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NARS Date 8.26.75
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