Memorandum of Conversation

UNE CAM LLAP DEPARTMENT OF STATE MCI EE9 Memorandum of Conversation DATE: June 4, 1951 SUBJECT: OFFICE OF UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS British Position on Rubber Under UN Embargo Resolution PARTICIPANTS: Mr. C. E. Steel, Minister, Fritish Embassy Mr. K. R. C. Pridham, Second Secretary, British Embassy E - Mr. Harold F. Linder, Deputy Assistant Secretary PSA - Mr. W. S. E. Lacy, Director BNA - Mr. Thomas Beale COPIES TO: ER - Mr. George Alexander PSA - Mr. O'Sullivan FE, PSA, E, UNP U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 Messrs. Steel and Pridham called at the Department today at the Department's request, as we wished to discuss with them the question of the British views on the inclusion of rubber in the embargo list under the GA Resolution as it con- cerns trade with China with reference to Indonesia. Messrs. Steel and Pridham were informed that we had been making very satis- factory progress with the Indonesians to the end that they include rubber on the embargo list. We pointed out that we were aware of the differences of view which exist between the United States and the United Kingdom on this problem. We added that we regard the Indonesian decision on whether to include rubber on the embargo list as one of great importance in that it might well determine the political orientation of Indonesia as between East and West and one which might be taken in the immediate future. We then expressed the hope that the British would see fit in any views they might express to Indonesia to press for the inclusion of rubber on the UN embargo list. Mr. Steel then said that he was aware that the Indonesians had been con- sidering this matter and that they had come quite far from the original position, an improvement that he said he had not expected. Mr. Steel then suggested that even if the Indonesians include rubber on the embargo list, he doubted DECLASSIFIED SECRET E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 By NLT He NARS, D 10.28.f1 330