Memorandum from John D. Hickerson to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

273 secret Security Information October 3, 1952 TO: S The Secretary THROUGH: s/s FROM: UNA Mr. Hickerson SUBJECT: Briefing on General Assembly Questions You may wish to have a briefing within the next day or two General Assembly questions and on the status of our preparations. on If you do, I would suggest that we arrange perhaps two or three meetings in the other of an hour each. In this time we could cover all of the political items and outline the main questions committees. Attached is a set of papers for such a briefing. In the political field, I have included each position paper in abbreviated form. Not all of these papers have been fully cleared in the Department. Where clearance is not complete this is indicated. I expect that very nearly all of the papers will be cleared before the Delegation meets in New York. I have included papers on several of the most important questions in the field of dependent territories - Committee 4. We expect that these problems will be particularly difficult this year. In the economic and social fields, I am providing only general summaries of the problems and of our positions. In the budgetary field, I have included the position paper on the important question of the scale of contributions. In the le gal field, the paper on the definition of aggression is included along with the summary statement. In all of these fields we have, of course, detailed position papers which can be used if desired. Attachments: As stated DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, 26-74 By NLT HE , NARS Date 11-2977