NATIONS TO BE INVITED TO THE 
        UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
 
        During the Dumbarton Oaks Conversations it was 
assumed that the nations to be invited to the United 
Nations Conference for the drafting of the Charter of 
the General International Organization would be the 
initial or founding members of the Organization, but 
the question of which nations should be invited was 
left open.
 
        We took the position that both the United Nations 
and the nations associated with the United Nations 
should be invited. The Chinese agreed with us.
 
        The Soviet representatives maintained the position 
that the Conference should be restricted to the United 
Nations, but did not rule out the possibility that the 
associated nations might be admitted to membership in 
the Organization immediately after the United Nations 
had signed.
 
        The British representatives did not object to the 
American position, suggesting only that additional 
states might desirably be invited to be initial members 
though not to take part in the Conference.
 
        The British since then have seemed to feel that the 
problem is particularly an American one; six of the asso-
ciated nations are American Republics, the other two 
being Egypt and Iceland. The six American countries are: 
Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 
Although we are suggesting to these six countries the 
desirability of their adhering to the United Nations 
Declaration, special problems in each country make such 
action unlikely for some months.
 
        The question of which nations should be invited to 
the Conference may arise in discussion of the voting 
problem since, apparently, the Soviet view was advanced 
chiefly for bargaining in that connection. The question 
will more certainly arise if the voting problem is solved, 
since such agreement will remove the main obstacle to 
calling the Conference.
 
        Should this development occur, it is recommended 
that this Government maintain its previous position.
If we cannot obtain concurrence with it, the preferable
 
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