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

501.BB/9–1048: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

confidential

Washington, September 10, 1948—5 p. m.

3546. For Jessup. You may inform Romulo and others US supporting his candidacy for GA Vice-President.¹

Marshall

1. This cable ended several weeks of memorandum-writing in the Department of State as to how and for what United States support should be given to General Romulo at the Third Session of the General Assembly. There were elements in the Department who favored strongly a Romulo candidacy for the presidency of the General Assembly.