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of the fast that the United States is not a member,
It is, however, a matter of concern to the extent that 
the United States has an interest in or is a party to 
treaties vesting functions in the League of Nations,
It also becomes of concern insofar as the continued 
existence of the League may complicate the establish-
ment of the new general international organization and 
to the extent that other governments might consult the 
United States to ascertain any views which it may hold 
with regard to the best procedure for the transition 
to the new organization.
 
       It may also be to the interest of the United States 
that ways and means be found whereby the new interna-
tional organization may avail itself of the property and 
assets of the League of Nations.
 
       The present discussion is in response to the sugges-
tions made in the conversations at Dumbarton Oaks that 
research papers examining possible solutions of the 
problem of transition and possible procedures to achieve
such solutions be prepared and exchanged. To these ends, 
two sets of solutions are explored below, the first deal-
ing with the substantive problem of dissolution of the 
League and transfer of its functions to the new interna-
tional organization and the second dealing with the 
problem of discovering ways and means which could lead
to the adoption of an appropriate mode of dissolution
and transfer.
 
III.     STATUS OF LEAGUE
          MEMBERSHIP
 
       The statue of membership of the League of Nations 
in relation to prospective membership of the new inter-
national organization is as follows:
 
       1   Twenty-eight of the forty-five present members 
     of the League are United Nations or associated 
     with the United Nations.
 
     United Nation: The United Kingdom of Great 
     Brltaln and Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada, 
     India, Union of South Africa, New Zealand,
 
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