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possessing the veto should abstain, the controversial question might
therefore arise as to whether it was not a veto by implication.31
  Cadogan said he was sorry he could not say now what his attitude
toward our proposal would be, that he could not give it his support
under present instructions, but that he would telegraph London
immediately.
  Gromyko said that he would state his views on our proposal at the
next meeting of the Council.
  Cadogan informed me privately afterwards that he regretted that
he could not give my proposal his full support, but that his present
instructions made it impossible. He also indicated that he did not
personally agree. I know that Cadogan feels strongly on the subject
of Albania and Outer Mongolia, and believes that those countries
should not be admitted at the present time. His views probably reflect
those of the British Foreign Office. He said that he would not make
any recommendation on our proposals and that if Gromyko should
speak at the Council first, indicating that he accepted our proposition,
the British then might be able to support it, but that he would not
speak before Gromyko. I gathered from this remark that Cadogan
feels that if all other members of the Council, including the Russians,
accept our proposal, the British Foreign Office may allow him to go
along.
  Lie informed me privately that Gromyko told him yesterday that
he would vote against Portugal and Ireland. Since the meeting this
afternoon, I have spoken individually with all the other members of
the Council who were not present, and have sent them copies for their
confidential information of the statement of our position that I shall
make at the next meeting of the Council. The Brazilian, Mexican and
Egyptian delegates have assured me of their full support. Vani
Kleffens 32 has not yet committed himself, but talked favorably and
said that the thing which troubled him most was the Albanian dis-
regard for treaty obligations. I told him that that point troubled us
also, but that for the sake of the broader interest involved in securing
admission of all 9 applicants, we would be willing to pass over our very
real objections to Albania. I made clear to each of those who were not
present at the meeting in Lie's quarters that, if our proposals were
not supported by all members of the Council, the US would be com-
pelled to reserve its position on individual states.
                                                         JOHNSON

 31 For documentation on this problem as part of the larger question of voting
 procedures of the Security Council under Article 27 of the Charter, see
pp. 251 ff.
 3 Eelco van Kleffens, Netherlands Representative on the Security Council.



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