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

Cablegram UN1023 NEW YORK, 24 October 1947, 11.29 a.m.

IMMEDIATE SECRET

Security 512.

We have repeatedly opposed delaying tactics in Council and urged
expeditious handling of Indonesian question.

At last meeting we spoke strongly against United Kingdom proposal
for meeting next week, but as indicated in last paragraph our
Security 510 [1] proposal for earlier meeting received only five
votes namely Australia, Colombia, Poland, Soviet Union and Syria.

We agree with your remarks on Consular Report [2], but Dutch are
receiving strong support in Council from Belgium and France while
United States, United Kingdom and Brazil are opposed to any
withdrawal of forces.

1 Document 385.

2 See Document 388.


[AA:A1838/283, 403/3/1/1, xii]
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