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50 Kirby to Burton

Cablegram UN105 NEW YORK, 9 February 1948, 8.58 p.m.

PERSONAL

Your UNY60. [1]

1. I am sorry that you have again seen fit to telegraph me in a
manner objectionable both in form and in substance without even
the courtesy of making the telegram secret and personal to me. [2]
This was particularly disturbing after your telephone call which
led me to think that you could indicate views contrary to mine
without being offensive. [3]

2. I am not going through the telegram in detail but I resent
particularly the implication that I think I 'should at all times
agree with the other members of the Committee on a course of
action' or that I have so acted during the performance of my task,
an implication which is most unfair to me.

3. The present urgent situation requires help from you rather than
telegrams of this nature which certainly do not encourage persons
in my position to put themselves out considerably in an endeavour
to assist your Department.

1 Document 43.

2 For an earlier exchange between Kirby and Burton see Documents
422 and 424, Volume XI.

3 No record of this conversation has been found.


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Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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