October 3, 1952
Security Information
TO: S - The Secretary
THROUGH: S/S
FROM: UNA Mr. Hickerson
SUBJECT: Briefing on General Assembly Questions
You may wish to have a briefing within the next day or two on General Assembly questions and on the status of our preparations. If you do, I would suggest that we arrange perhaps two or three meetings of an hour each. In this time we could cover all of the political items and outline the main questions in the other committees.
Attached is a set of papers for such a briefing. In the political field, I have included each position paper in abbreviated form. Not all of these papers have been fully cleared in the Department. Where clearance is not complete this is indicated. I expect that very nearly all of the papers will be cleared before the Delegation meets in New York.
I have included papers on several of the most important questions in the field of dependent territories--Committee 4. We expect that these problems will be particularly difficult this year. In the economic and social fields, I am providing only general summaries of the problems and of our positions. In the budgetary field, I have included the position paper on the important question of the scale of contributions. In the legal field, the paper on the definition of aggression is included along with the summary statement.
In all of these fields we have, of course, detailed position papers which can be used if desired.
Attachments: As stated
ASSIGNMENT OF DELEGATES
I. By Subjects
Secretary Acheson General Debate Chinese Representation Korean Question
Ambassador Austin Chairman of Delegation Soviet Item
Mrs. Roosevelt Committee 3
Senator Green Committee 6 (including Treatment of Foreign Diplomats, Definition of Aggression, International Criminal Court, Draft Code of Offenses, etc.)
Senator Wiley Committee 5 Negotiating Committee on Extra-Budgetary Funds Membership Korean Relief Palestine Relief
Ambassador Gross General Committee Chinese Representation (Assistance to Secretary) Korean Question (Assistance to Secretary) Soviet Item (Assistance to Ambassador Austin) Race Conflict in South Africa Security Council Report
Ambassador Jessup Committee 4 (With assistance of Ambassador Muccio) Palestine Tunisia Morocco
Ambassador Cohen Disarmament Collective Measures Committee Austria Bacteriological Warfare (if added to Agenda)
Mr. Sprague Alternate Representative on Committee 3 Freedom of Information Indians in South Africa Eritrea Peace Observation Commission
Mrs. Sampson Alternate Representative on Committee 6 Joint Committee 2 & 3 (except Korean Relief) Citation - Died for UN Repatriation Greek Armed Forces Membership Japan in ICAO Non-Governmental Organization Liaison
Mr. Lubin Committee 2
Ambassador Muccio Assistant to Ambassador Jessup on Committee 4
October 9, 1952
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II. By Committees
COMMITTEE 1 AND AD HOC POLITICAL COMMITTEES
Secretary Acheson Korea
Ambassador Austin Soviet Item
Senator Wiley Membership
Ambassador Gross Korea (Assistance to Secretary) Soviet Item (Assistance to Ambassador Austin) Race Conflict in South Africa Security Council Report
Ambassador Jessup Palestine Tunisia Morocco
Ambassador Cohen Disarmament Collective Measures Committee Austria Bacteriological Warfare (if added to Agenda)
Mr. Sprague Indians in South Africa Eritrea Peace Observation Commission
Mrs. Sampson Repatriation Greek Armed Forces
COMMITTEE 2
Senator Wiley Korean Relief Palestine Relief
Mr. Lubin
COMMITTEE 3
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mr. Sprague Freedom of Information
COMMITTEE 4
Ambassador Jessup Ambassador Muccio
COMMITTEE 5
Senator Wiley
COMMITTEE 6
Senator Green
Mrs. Sampson