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Volume #14 - 78. | |
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CHAPTER III UNITED NATIONS | |
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PART
2 GENERAL POLICY | |
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SECTION
A NEW MEMBERS | |
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SUB-SECTION
4 ISRAEL | |
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Extract from Cabinet Conclusions. | |
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Ottawa,
August 25th, 1948 |
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UN; MEMBERSHIP OF ISRAEL; RECOGNITION OF PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT | |
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3. The Secretary of State for External Affairs reported that the application of Israel for membership in the United Nations would be brought before the Security Council, probably the following day. The United States would support the application; the United Kingdom would oppose it. It was proposed that the Canadian Representative adopt the attitude that as yet the government had not felt that circumstances warranted Canadian recognition of the provisional government; for the present, therefore, Canada could not support the application. It was probable that the matter would he referred to the General Assembly. 4. Mr. St Laurent added that an important consideration was that of the timing of recognition. The U.K. government would attempt to defer such action until the prospects of serious Arab reaction were the least. Before the United Kingdom recognized Israel we would be informed and we would be kept in touch with U.K. intentions. 5. The Cabinet, after discussion, noted with approval the Minister's report and the instructions to be given to the Canadian Representative on the Security Council. | |
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