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337 Department of External Affairs to Evatt

Cablegram 1 CANBERRA, 13 July 1947, 11.50 a.m.

IMPORTANT SECRET

Three immediately following telegrams contain suggestion by United
States for Peace Conference on Deputies level 19th August in
United States of America.

We have sent telegrams United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand
asking that no reply be made until we can communicate considered
views and we have also communicated Australian Representatives
France, Netherlands, China, Russia and India instructing them to
ascertain preliminary reaction of these Governments and in doing
so to suggest that while Australia has been the advocate of early
settlement American attempt to stampede ten countries into making
decisions on vital questions of procedure (such as level of
representation and participation of countries outside F.E.C.)
without opportunity for adequate consideration should be resisted.

Possible reply might be along lines of suggestion made to you
recently for short initial session on Foreign Ministers' level
immediately before General Assembly.


[AA: A1068, P47/10/61, iii]
Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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