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Volume #12 - 390. | |
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CHAPITRE VIII NATIONS UNIES | |
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2E PARTIE ELECTIONS | |
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SECTION
B SECRÉTAIRE GENERAL | |
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DEA/211-A |
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Le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures au haut commissaire en Grande-Bretagne | |
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TELEGRAM 35 SECRET AND PERSONAL. |
Ottawa,
le 5 janvier 1946 |
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Following from the Prime Minister for the Minister of Justice, Begins: On thinking over our conversation at Laurier House just before your departure when we discussed possible candidates for the Secretary Generalship of the United Nations Organization, I am of the opinion that Malcolm MacDonald would in many ways be a stronger and more suitable candidate than those whose names have hitherto been canvassed. He has qualities of judgment and character which would fit him for this high post and his experience, which is already long for a man of his age, includes politics, public administration and diplomacy. It may be argued against him that he is a national of one of the Great Powers. While this is true, it is I think more than balanced by his sympathetic understanding of the necessity of associating the smaller countries wholeheartedly in the work of international cooperation. Certainly we in Canada would have no misgivings about his selection on this score. I think you would be making a real contribution to the successful launching of the new Organization if you could persuade the other governments participating in the Assembly to consider very seriously MacDonald's qualifications for the post of Secretary General. Ends. | |
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