Cablegram 617, CANBERRA, 7 December 1949, 6.16 a.m.
IMMEDIATE RESTRICTED
Your UN954. CHINA:
Unless there are special circumstances of which we are unaware you should not intervene in debate and it is preferable that you take passive attitude on all resolutions.[1]
_[1] Australia voted against the resolution to refer the China question to the Interim Committee when the First Committee adopted it on 6 December 1949.
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[AA : A1838, 3107/40/52/1, I]