As reported in my ACJ.4 [2] the intransigence of Marquat on
procedural questions at the first Council Meeting forced the
U.S.S.R., China and the B.C.O.M. members to unite in efforts to
preserve the Council's rights. Though the Council debate was
confined to procedural questions it reflected a deeper
disagreement about the Council's position and rights. Following
this debate and impasse created by the Council's inability to
agree on procedure, Marquat has been replaced by Atcheson as
chairman. This gives grounds for the hope that the S.C.A.P. has
abandoned his earlier position and that the chairman will
henceforth be primarily a representative of the United States
under the direction of the State Department not as heretofore
primarily a representative of the S.C.A.P.'s Military
Headquarters. This should produce far reaching changes in the
Council atmosphere. In these changed circumstances, I feel that it
would be inexpedient to initiate discussion on Council's rights or
terms of reference unless and until its rights are again
threatened.

Please repeat to the Minister. [3]

Please re-number our ACJ-5 [4] as Secret and personal for the
Minister.