Please see our en clair telegram [1] reporting this afternoon's
proceedings particularly Malik.

Subsequent to Malik's speech I have spoken to representatives of
the United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Canada, Colombia and
Syria.

1. Cease-fire will be carried.

2. Withdrawal will probably be carried out although this is more
doubtful in view of the attitude of Canada.

3. The United States not having received information from the
State Department as to acceptance of our amendments would at
present stage be prepared to drop their final paragraph and accept
ours.

4. Our amendment as to release of political prisoners and
instructions to Committee of Good Offices to observe and report
have general support and are likely to be carried.

5. United Kingdom have received new instructions which bring them
much closer to United States position and to agreement with basic
ideas of our amendment.

6. Soviet proposals are likely to be defeated because Council
generally will not accept Commission which will have Soviet Union
and Ukraine as members with the same effects on its operative
efficiency as before. Those parts of Soviet resolution
specifically referring to Chapter 7 and the Dutch as aggressors
likely to be too strong for Council acceptance. It will be noted
from report of Malik's remarks that most of his objections to the
United States draft will be removed by our amendments.

7. I have discussed with Jessup action which will be proposed next
week when immediate short term problem of putting end to
hostilities has been disposed of. He agreed with my suggestion
that consideration must be given to increasing powers of Committee
of Good Offices which itself might be somewhat enlarged to enable
it to take more direct and positive part in negotiations between
parties on such subjects as elections etc. with view to
establishment as soon as possible of U.S.I. Jessup is disturbed at
the quality of Council which has six alternates acting. This is
and will delay proceedings because they have no discretion to
compromise on instructions and must constantly communicate with
Governments.

8. Palar approached Malik after he had spoken this afternoon and
impressed upon him the need for Soviet support for the final
resolution. Malik reassured him that he understood the difficulty
in view of the lineup in the Council whereby it may just be
possible that Malik's abstention would lead to cultivation [2] of
resolution which was anything more than a token expression of
opinion. He has undertaken to cable for fresh instructions but is
not hopeful of the result.

Your telegram No.P.290 [3] which in any case did not arrive until
after I had spoken was impracticable as when I spoke only two
members of Council (United States and China) had spoken. We cannot
put any matter to the vote unless supported by members [and] there
would have been grave objections as a number of members are still
on [list]. [4]