Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, General; the United Nations, Volume I, Part 1

501.BC Armaments/10–748: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of State, in Paris

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Washington, October 7, 1948—7 p.m.

Gadel 147. Dept has reservations re del decision Oct. 1, on handling Soviet disarmament proposal as reported Delga 187, Oct. 2, 9 a. m.,¹ and desires consult Secretary on his return here Oct. 9. Accordingly you should endeavor not to participate in disarmament debate in Committee 1 pending further instructions. For your most secret info Dept wonders whether from propaganda point of view some more affirmative response to Soviet proposals might not be made.

In view of fact that tomorrow will be devoted to plenary session we are hopeful that our non-participation in debate can be contrived inconspiciously.

Lovett

1. Delga 187, not printed, reported the decisions taken by the Delegation at its 10th Meeting, October 1; for the pertinent portion of the Minutes of that meeting, see p. 443.