IMMEDIATE

Security Council. Please see our en clair report [1] today's
proceedings.

1. It was apparent even before today's meeting that United States
and United Kingdom had lost much of their enthusiasm for firm
Council action. I had seen a number of delegations over the
weekend and it was apparent that no proposal for withdrawal would
receive the requisite number of votes whatever combination of
powers suggested. Jessup even went so far as to tell me before the
meeting that he was more or less satisfied with Dutch intended
response, indicating that they had been in consultation with him.

Response is, in my view, quite unsatisfactory and amounts to no
more or less than rejection of the Council's order.

2. Withdrawal proposal of the Ukraine differs only in form from
that contained in resolution last week and yet United States and
United Kingdom, whose vote would have ensured the passage,
abstained, the former on the grounds that further consideration of
the position was desirable and the latter for the astonishing
reason that the Council 'should wait until it became clear what
the Dutch intended to do'. United Kingdom was represented by
Falla, which is hardly encouraging as to the seriousness with
which they regard this issue.

3. The situation appears obviously to be one in which United
States and United Kingdom regard it as more important to block the
U.S.S.R. than to reach a satisfactory conclusion. I have made
repeated efforts to persuade Jessup to adopt an attitude more in
keeping with United States protestations last week without any
success and I fear that present indications are that the Council
will take no action in regard to the preservation of the Republic
as a negotiating unit.