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Volume #14 - 58. | |
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CHAPTER III UNITED NATIONS | |
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PART
1 REPRESENTATION AT UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK, GENEVA AND PARIS | |
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SECTION
A COMPOSITION OF DELEGATIONS | |
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DEA/5475-AS-241 |
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Memorandum from Private Secretary to Secretary of State for External Affairs to Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
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Ottawa,
January 2nd, 1948 | |
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General McNaughton telephoned me at home to-day to let you know that he was at the disposal of the Government for the Security Council post. He told me that he would accept the appointment in principle but would like to discuss minor details with you at your convenience. He said that he could keep the chairmanship of the International Joint Defence Committee and, of course, his post on the Atomic Energy Commission, but would have to resign from the chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Control Board in Ottawa. The General telephoned me again in the afternoon and I told him that you were pleased to hear that he would accept the appointment and that you would also be pleased to see him as soon as possible. I told the General that the Department is putting out to-day a press release to announce that Mike [LB.] Pearson would be the Canadian representative at the next meeting of the Interim Committee of the General Assembly on the 5th and also at the next meeting of the Security Council on the 7th. I told the General that Mike was in Washington and would stay in New York a few days on his way back to Ottawa and also that no permanent appointment to the Security Council could be made before the next meeting of Cabinet on Wednesday next, the 7th. The General asked me to let him know when you could see him, Wednesday or Thursday next. I informed Gerry [R.G.] Riddell of these telephone conversations. GUY SYLVESTRE | |
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