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HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
257
July 2, 1947
GONFIDENTIAL: To be held in STRICT CONFIDENCE and no portion,
synopsis or intimation to be given out or published until the
READING of the President's Message has begun in either the Senate
or
House of Representatives. Extreme care must therefore be
exercised to avoid premature publication.
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
I
transmit herewith for the consideration of the Congress an
agreement between the United States and the United Nations concerning
the control and administration of the Headquarters of the United Nations
in the City of New York. I also enclose a letter from the Secretary of
State regarding this Agreement.
As you will recall, on December 10 and 11, 1945 the Congress
by concurrent resolution unanimously invited the United Nations to locate
its permanent headquarters in the United States. After long and careful
study, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided during its
session last winter to make its permanent home in New York City.
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The United States has been signally honored in the location
of the headquarters of the United Nations within our country. Naturally
the United States wishes to make all appropriate arrangements so that the
Organization can fully and effectively perform the functions for which it
was created and upon the successful accomplishment of which so much depends.
This Agreement is the product of months of negotiations between
representatives of this Government and the United Nations. Representatives
of the City and State of New York participated in these negotiations. The
Agreement carefully balances the interests of the United States as a Member
of the United Nations and the interests of the United Nations as an inter-
national organization.
I urge the Congress to give early consideration to the enclosed
Agreement and to authorize this Government by joint resolution, to give
effect to its provisions.
When the General Assembly of the United Nations meets in New
York City this fall it would be most appropriate if this Government were
ready for its part to bring the Agreement into effect.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 2, 1947.