Cablegram UNY461 CANBERRA, 6 December 1946
MOST IMMEDIATE SECRET
Your UN.902. [1]
Your reports do not indicate attitude which will be adopted at
Plenary by United Kingdom, New Zealand and other Members of
British Commonwealth. We can see no real objection to French-
Brazilian [2] proposal particularly if amended in ways suggested
in UN.890. [3] It would be most unfortunate to offend Indians by
voting against unamended text merely because of relatively minor
objections. You could abstain but voting for that text should not
embarrass South Africa. As there will be no time to report on
views of other members of British Commonwealth you should use
discretion and if possible act with them in way which would be
acceptable to Indians.
[AA:A1838/2, 852/10/2, i]