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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nI-7\nthe recommended rules of procedure would be circulated\nlater. The following morning, July 9, the Deputies\ndecided that an invitation was to be sent to China\n(Doc. M, p. I-33). Later the same day the French\nGovernment dispatched the invitations (Doc. N, p. I-35),\nwhich included a reference to the decision taken by the\nfour Ministers at Paris with respect to convening the\nconference.\nWhen the Council, at the afternoon meeting on\nJuly 9, discussed the section of the Deputies report\nANCHIVES\ndealing with the rotating chairmanship at the peace con-\nference, Mr. Molotov wanted to provide specifically\nthat the Chinese representative should, in turn, serve\nas chairman. Mr. Byrnes pointed out that there was no\nneed to mention China by name inasmuch as the draft pro-\ncedure already stated that the chairmanship would rotate\namong members of the Council of Foreign Ministers, which\nincluded China. After a brief discussion Mr. Molotov\nwithdrew his proposal and accepted the wording contained\nin the Deputies report (Docs. O and P,op. I-38, I-40)\nAlthough the Council at Paris had agreed upon the\nwording of the invitation to the peace conference, there\nwas-no 7., agreement as to its meaning. Secretary Byrnes\nconsidered that the invitation had been issued in the\nname of all five members of the Council and that its\nwording did not modify the Moscow Agreement to which\nMr. Wang had appealed. He sent a message to the Chinese\nForeign Minister to that effect on the last day of the\nsession. (Doc. Q, p. I-41). The United States Delegation\nto the Paris Peace Conference furthermore included China\nin its list of powers sponsoring that Conference. 1 It\nsubsequently appeared, however, that Mr. Molotoy had not\nconsidered that China was a sponsoring power, inasmuch\nas the invitation had been sent in accordance with a\ndecision taken by only four Ministers, 2 and during the\ncourse of the Paris Peace Conference the Chinese Government\ntook the same view of the matter. 3\nlusd (PC) (ADM). - 10 (revised), Sept. 18, 1946; Paris\nPeace Conference, 1946: Selected Documents (Department\nof State Publication 2868) , p.\n1.\nDoc. H , p. K-23.\n2See Council of Foreign Ministers, Fourth Session,\n3See Council of Foreign Ministers, Third Session,\nDoc. . A, p. J-7. -\nSECRET"
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