Cablegram 1 SINGAPORE, 28 August 1946, 10.48 a.m.
MOST IMMEDIATE SECRET
Your 497 [1], following from Minister.
I agree with your general view and would ask you to stress most
firmly unjustified intrusion [2] premature intrusion, upon
jurisdiction of the Assembly of the Security Council which should
be at the disposal of the Assembly before any recommendation is
made to the Assembly.
2. The United States move is extremely adolescent, considering the
serious duty devolving in relation to each separate application.
3. You should denounce the dangerous threat of veto implied.
4. United States proposal is a breach of the duty of the Security
Council to examine each case on its merits separately.
5. Please telegraph Canberra this [3] list of applicants.
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