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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-MONO-State\nGalley\n624\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nThe Sov Govt requests Pres and PM these 3 or at least 2 be accepted\namong other Un. Ns. I would like to mention in this connection that\nthe domins of Brit crown approached int. rels. gradually and showed\ngreat patience. This gives us the example and reason to withdraw\nour orig. proposal advanced at D. O. and propose now 3 or at least 2\nbe accepted as orig. members. Among members of Ass. these few\nreps. certainly should find place due them. Their role and sacrifices\nin this war entitle\n2 Refers to Bohlen.\nPres.: Much gratified at what Mol. has said in acceding to the gen.\nplan. That is making real progress. Next thing we have consider\nis timing. What is next step. Invitations will go out to all nations\nthat have had a place in this war.\nChurch: The Ger War.\nPres.: Yes.\nPres.: No use talking much further about Un Ns. We are all\nagreed except it has not been set up. Next we should invite all\nnations to assemble. Gt. sentiment in U.S. be held soon as possible-\nend of Mar., 1st of April.\nPhysically repres. of Un Ns could meet in 4 wks.-1 month. Per-\nsonally I think that quicker q of Un Ns meeting is determined, quicker\nwe can take up what Mr. Mol. has said which is very interesting to me.\nBut that in itself will mean the later meetings after the organ. is set up.\nAs a practical matter when we have this organizing meeting whom\nshall we ask? Nations in the war or those associated but not in the\nwar. For instance shall we invite-The assoc. nations have broken\nrels with Ger. but have not declared war. Read list. We've got to\ndecide who we're going to invite. What we have heard from Mr.\nMol. gives me a very great int. in matter of a vote for Uk., Wh. R.,\nLith. We 3 (M. St., P. M., and I) have different views because our\nterrs. are so very different. The Brit Em has great pops. like Austr,\nCan., S Af. Sov Govt has great masses of pop. like 3 areas Mol.\nmentioned. US is contiguous-no colonies, const. provides for 1 For\nMin. Those things require study, require study of q of more than 1\nvote for the larger nations in the world. In same way certain nations\nhave large terrs. Brazil smaller than S. U. but larger than U. S.\nIn\nsame way many small countries like Haiti, Honduras, and we\nshould consider whether by giving any govt. more than 1 vote we\nwould break down prin. of 1 vote for each. : if we can agree on gen.\nplan for meeting to organ. U Ns we can consider these q's by For\nMins or at the meeting of the organizers.\nPres.: For. Mins. have so successful suggest q. of voting in Ass. be\nreferred to For. Mins. Also to recommend time and place of a conf.\nChurch: I should like to express my heartfelt thanks to Mar. St.\nand Sov Govt for the enormous step they have taken to put forward\nD. O. I'm sure the agt. of the 3 gt. powers such as has already been\nexpressed around this table will give joy and relief to thinking people\naround the world. On the q of membership of the Ass., it has been\nput before us in quite a new form by our R. friends and allies.\nEveryone I'm sure will feel that here again a very remarkable\nadvance to gn. agt. has been made. I must fully agree with the\nPres that the position of the US and of the Brit Em. are different.\nWe have our 4 self governing domins., that for nearly a quarter of"
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