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Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Advancing the interests of Australia and Australians internationally

286 Department of External Affairs to Australian Delegation, United Nations

Cablegram 481 CANBERRA, 15 August 1947, 10.10 p.m.

MOST IMMEDIATE SECRET

Your UN760 [1] part 2.

We have not yet received part 1 of your report [2] and unless you hear to the contrary before the next meeting of the Security Council go ahead with instructions as already given. [3]

2. We are aware that majority decision is not certain but are prepared to accept defeat rather than agree to unsatisfactory compromise.

1 Document 285.

2 See Document 285, note 1.

3 See Documents 280, 283 and 284. Dispatched at 11.30 p.m. on 15 August (after receipt of part 1 of Document 285), cablegram 482 to the Delegation confirmed the instruction to proceed with a draft resolution seeking the establishment of commissions of arbitration and observation, a separate vote to be taken on the latter if necessary.

[AA:A1838/274, 854/10/4, ii]

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