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387 Australian Delegation, United Nations, to Department of External Affairs

Cablegram UN1022 NEW YORK, 23 October 1947, 12.08 p.m.

MOST IMMEDIATE SECRET

Security 511. Your UNY644. [1]

Following is full text of American resolution.

The Security Council-
Having received and taken note of the summaries of the report of
the Consular Commission dated 11th October 1947 [2], indicating
that the Council's resolution of 1st August 1947 relating to the
cessation of hostilities has not been fully effective;

Having taken particular note of paragraph one of that summary
pointing out that no attempt was made by either side to come to an
agreement with the other about the means of giving effect to that
resolution;

Calls upon the parties concerned forthwith to consult with each
other as to the means to be employed in order to give effect to
the cease-fire resolution, and pending agreement to cease any
activities which directly or indirectly contravene that
resolution;

Requests the Committee of Good Offices to assist the parties in
reaching agreement on an arrangement which will ensure the
observance of the cease-fire resolution;

Requests the Consular Commission, together with its military
assistants, to make its services available to the Committee of
Good Offices. [3]

1 Document 386.

2 See Document 372.

3 In an annotation dated 24 October on the cited copy, Shann
commented as follows: 'This appears to me to take matters back to
pre-cease-fire stage & to make the machinery set up so
intermingled and confused as to be incomprehensible.'


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Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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