Reference previous correspondence Greek question,⁵² Begins:

1. The Political Committee has now completed its discussion of this item and has taken the following decisions:

         (a) Regarding the question of the Greek children, the Committee adopted unanimously on Id November a draft resolution the text of which is contained in my immediately following teletype en clair.† The draft resolution introduced by Australia, China, the United Kingdom and the United States, (the text of which was sent to you in my teletype No. 180 of 27th October)† was revised by the four sponsors in a manner which made it less condemnatory of the Governments which had failed to comply with the Assembly's Resolution 193 (111) concerning the return of these children to Greece. This revised resolution of the four sponsors was further amended on 3rd November by various representatives in the Political Committee with a view to achieving a unanimous vote. The resultant language adopted by the Committee is thus much milder in tone that the original proposal of the four sponsors.

         (b) The joint draft resolution of Australia, China, the United Kingdom and the United States (see my teletypes No. 1751 and No. 180) was adopted in the Political Committee on 4th November by a vote of 38 in favour, 6 against (the Soviet bloc and Yugoslavia) and 2 abstentions. Canada voted in favour of this draft resolution. We did not participate in the general debate on this item in the view that our general position had been sufficiently well covered in the statements of other representatives.

         (c) The Soviet proposal (the text of which was contained in my teletype No. 186) was then rejected by successive roll-call votes on each paragraph. (Canada voted against each paragraph). After each paragraph had been decisively rejected by the Committee, the Chairman ruled that under Rule 118 no vote was needed on the resolution as a whole. This rule was challenged by the Soviet representative and was sustained by the Committee by a vote of 43 in favour (including Canada), 5 against and 10 abstentions.

2. After concluding discussion of this item on the morning of 4th November, the Political Committee resumed discussion of the question of Italian Colonies at the afternoon meeting. Ends.

⁵² Voir: Ministère des Affaires extérieures, Le Canada et les Nations Unies 1949 (Ottawa, 1950), pp 41-45.
See Department of External Affairs, Canada and the United Nations 1949 (Ottawa, 1950), pp 40-43.