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...victory was a little diluted. Siam amended Tsiang's resolution to condemn Russia for having "failed to carry out" the treaty-Tsiang's phrase had been "violated." Besides there were 24 abstainers, including France and Britain. "Academic," ho-hummed Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb, and likely to "open up old wounds." Greece and Turkey were the only Europeans to vote...
...could not. On the first ballot, Greece got 30 votes, considerably short of the required two-thirds majority, to Byelorussia's 26. Seven ballots later, Byelorussia was ahead, 32 to 27, and the deadlock remained. "In these circumstances," intoned the acting Assembly President, Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb, "we should postpone the election in order to give us all time for reflection...
...Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb...
...authority back to the International Court of Justice at The Hague. The Court probably won't get around to deciding until mid-January; in the meantime, the Council wanly hoped that Britain and Iran would resume negotiations on their own. Said Britain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb: "... A most serious precedent...
This week, at Flushing Meadows, the Security Council began its hearing. Britain's chief U.N. delegate, Sir Gladwyn Jebb, flew the Atlantic to state the British case in his crisp fashion. Law seemed to be on his side: last July the International Court of Justice called for maintenance of the status quo in Iran until the oil dispute could be settled by negotiation...