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Australian Delegation, United Nations, to Department of External Affairs

Cablegram UN904, NEW YORK, 28 November 1949, 10.15 a.m.

PRIORITY RESTRICTED

Following is the text of the Joint Resolution in its latest form.

[matter omitted]

Paragraph 1 substitute ‘to respect the political independence of China and to be guided by the principles of the United Nations in their relations with China’.

Paragraph 2 replaces ‘Chinese people’ with ‘People of China’.

New paragraph 3 ‘to respect the existing treaties relating to China’.

Old paragraph 3 becomes paragraph 4.[1]

_[1] The First Committee adopted the joint resolution on 6 December 1949.

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[AA : A1838, 3107/40/52/1, I]