Lunch with C. L. Hsia 【夏晉麟], N. S. 【鄭寶南], and Roland 【林咸讓] in Colony Inn. Chatted about Chinese history.
Afternoon, Indonesia. I requested that the President ask the Committee of Good Offices to send to the Council the working paper submitted by the U.S. and Australia representatives to the Dutch and the Indonesians. Canada spoke in support. So did Syria. Belgium strongly against. Ukraine and the U.S.S.R. strongly for. The U.S.A. against. The simple proposal caused a lengthy debate. The vote was six for and five against. The colonial bloc was solid.
Dinner with El Khouri in Wedgewood room in Waldorf Astoria.
After the adjournment of the session, Jessup in the corridor said he was sorry he could not support my motion; the American members being on their way home, successor not having been appointed, he was afraid any big upheaval could not be met. Told him I was really trying to bring moral pressure on the Dutch. McNaughton was even more against the abstentions than I was.
El Khouri, afraid of Jewish influence in the U.S.A., wishes the General Assembly to transfer HQ to Geneva. Told him I could not support him.