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J. . 333305-MONO-State Galley 100 UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF Recommendation It is recommended that 1. We take steps to induce the six American Republics now listed as "associated" nations (Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela) to qualify as United Nations by declaring war on Japan or Germany, or both; and 2. Failing this, we continue to maintain the position taken at Dumbarton Oaks. [Attachment] LIST OF NATIONS WHICH PARTICIPATED IN Hot SPRINGS, UNRRA AND BRETTON Woods CONFERENCES UNITED NATIONS Australia Iran Belgium Iraq Bolivia Liberia Brazil Luxembourg Canada Mexico China Netherlands Colombia New Zealand Costa Rica Nicaragua Cuba Norway Czechoslovakia Panama Dominican Republic Philippine Commonwealth El Salvador Poland Ethiopia Union of South Africa Greece U. S. S. R. Guatemala U. K. Haiti U. S. A. Hondurás Yugoslavia India STATES OR AUTHORITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE WAR Chile Iceland Ecuador Paraguay Egypt Peru French Committee of Uruguay National Liberation Venezuela Observers Danish Minister at Washington, attending in a personal capacity UNA Files The Acting Secretary of State (Stettinius) to the President 1 SECRET [WASHINGTON,] November 15, 1944. 1 Unsigned carbon copy; authorship not indicated. MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Location of The United Nations Organization Background This question was not formally discussed at Dumbarton Oaks, although there were some exchanges of views. The Soviet delegation objected to Geneva. One of the Soviet delegates very informally suggested Prague. The British and the Chinese raised no objection to Geneva, but had no positive suggestions. We had a group of our own working on the question. It is recom- mended that, while the Assembly, the Council, and the various con- ferences should meet in various parts of the world, the headquarters of the Organization should be in Europe. It also examined the follow-

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