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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
This issue covers the work of the Security Council from the 132nd meeting on April 30, 1947, to the 170th meeting on July 29, 1947.
The Greek Question
The Security Council discussed the Greek question twice in the period under review, from May 12 to May 22, 1947, and from June 27 to July 29, 1947.
On May 8, 1947, the Soviet representative (Gromyko) requested that the Greek question again be placed on the agenda. In addition to Mr. Gromyko's request, the Council had, when the matter was taken up on May 12, communications from the Chairman of the Commission of Investigation Concerning Greek Frontier Incidents and from the Yugoslav, Albanian, and Bulgarian liaison officers to the Commission. The burden of the letters from the liaison officers was 1) that their respective countries had participated loyally in the work of facilitating the investigation; 2) that the action of the Commission in appointing a Subsidiary Group to remain in Greece, with the terms of reference as defined, was beyond its competence until its report had been acted upon by the Security Council; and 3) that the three governments would therefore not participate in the activities of the Subsidiary Group. The Chairman of the Commission reported that the Commission had accepted the view of the French representative (Daux) that it did not have the competence to answer these notes from the liaison officers and that the whole matter should be referred to the Security Council.
1 For previous summaries of action by the Security Council on this matter, see International Organization, I, p. 84–90, 331–332.
2 Documents S/341, S/342, and S/345.
3 Document S/343.
4 Document S/337.
5 See International Organization, I, p. 332.
6 Document S/P.V.133.
7 Document S/.V.134.
8 Ibid.
9 Document S/P.V.135.
10 Document S/P.V.136.
11 Document S/P.V.135.
12 Ibid.
13 Document S/P.V.136.
14 Document S/P.V.137.
15 Ibid.
16 Documents S/360 and S/360/Corr.1.
17 International Organization, I, p.89.
18 Document S/360. p.9.
19 Ibid., p. 255–56.
20 See International Organization, I, p. 331–32.
21 Document S/360, p. 15.
22 Ibid., p. 167.
23 Document S/360, p. 171.
24 Ibid., p. 173.
25 Ibid., p. 177.
26 Ibid., p. 181.
27 Ibid., p. 248.
28 Ibid., p. 249–51.
29 Ibid., p. 245.
30 Ibid.
31 Ibid., p. 253.
32 Document S/P.V.147.
33 Ibid.
34 Document S/P.V.148.
35 Document S/P.V.150.
36 Ibid.
37 Document S/404. See also report of the 153rd meeting of the Security Council.
38 Document S/P.V.158.
39 Document S/P.V.166.
40 Ibid.
41 Document S/P.V.170.
42 Document S/P.V.159.
43 Document S/P.V.160.
44 Document S/P.V.166.
45 Document S/P.V.167.
46 Document S/P.V.170.
47 Document S/333.
48 Document S/355.
49 Document S/403.
50 Document S/411.
51 For previous action on admissions see International Organization I, p. 51–2, 90–94.
52 Document S/P.V. 132 and S/P.V. 136.
53 For text, see International Organization, I, p.196.
54 Document S/368. See International Organization, I, p. 72, 96.
55 See International Organization, I, p. 320–324.
56 Document S/336. For excerpts see this issue p. 561f.
57 For Soviet position, see S/P.V.139; for that ofFrench, British and Chinese, Document S/P.V.140, for that of United States, Document S/P.V.138.
58 For Belgian and Australian position see Document S/P.V.141.
59 Document S/P.V.145.
60 Document S/P.V.143.
61 Document S/395.
62 Document S/P.V.149. It should be noted that the Council in the early parts of the discussion of the Report of the Military Staff Committee became involved in procedural difficulties. At one point the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee was seated at the Council table to clarify the Report. After the Russians objected on the grounds that he could not speak for the Committee until it had had a special meeting to prepare a joint answer to the specific question raised, he never reappeared at the Council table and questions were handled through correspondence. When the Australian delegate asked a question of the Committee, transmitted through the President of the Council, the Russian member of the Military Staff Committee refused to participate in the reply on the grounds that the Security Council had not voted to ask the question formally of the Committee. General McNarney's reply on Article 18 came after a vote of 8 to 0 with three abstentions requesting such an interpretation. China, Syria and Australia abstained, the latter two on the grounds that non-permanent members of the Security Council should have the right of direct access, through the President of the Council, to the Military Staff Committee in order to secure information or interpretation of the work of the Committee. Although a subsequent request based on general agreement in the Council was forwarded without a recorded vote, it would appear that the principle sought by Australia failed of acceptance, and that non-permanent members could address questions to the Military Staff Committee only through the medium of formal Council resolutions. See Documents S/380 and S/P.V.145.
63 For texts see this issue p. 571f.
64 Document S/P.V.146.
65 Document S/394. The Chinese representative supported the British figures.
66 The divergence of types of naval vessels needed was marked. While all three agreed that 2 to 3 battleships and 4 to 6 carriers were needed, the British wanted 6 cruisers, 24 destroyers and 12 submarines as opposed to 9, 24 and 12 for the French and 15, 84 and 90 for the United States in the same categories.
67 Document S/P.V.149.
68 Document S/408.
69 Document S/P.V.154.
70 For action of the Council in accepting the Statute of Trieste, see International Organization, I, p. 320. For negotiations on the peace treaty, see Ibid., p. 170–173.
71 Document S/P.V.143.
72 Document S/387. For earlier work of the Commision see International Organization, I, p. 332.
73 Document S/C.3/12.
74 Documents S.C.3/SR.6, 7 and 8.
75 Document S/P.V.152.