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...better from the point of view of the U. S. would be some sort of United Nations trusteeship. Unfortunately such a plan would be extremely difficult to push past the Communist objections in the U.N.--especially if these objections were supported by a military attack across the strait...
Supposing, therefore, that a U.N. trusteeship is the best solution America can hope for, how should our U.N. delegation go about trying to get one? The answer is the classic one for handling all desperately embarrassing situations: to keep as quiet as possible until the thing is settled, not to advertise our long series of mistakes in China...
...success in ending the war between Israel and her Arab neighbors, broad-shouldered Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche had been showered with 40 awards and medals and 20 honorary academic degrees. One afternoon last week as Bunche, now senior director of the U.N. Trusteeship Department, was eating lunch in the delegates' dining room at Lake Success, his British secretary Mrs. Doreen Daughton dashed up with news of another honor. "I have a surprise for you," she told Ralph Bunche. "You've won the Nobel Peace Prize...
Roger Garreau of France, President of the Trusteeship Council, decided on a broad interpretation of the resolution. He said it would be impossible to apply the resolution if strictly interpreted. He look the realistic stand, "If the two governments which have the power in Jerusalem did not accept the statute for an international city, we could do nothing. We would be completely impotent...
Israel and Jordan have meanwhile refused to work with the Trusteeship Council in any way. Both countries have indicated they intend to keep their hold on Jerusalem. Israel has moved most of its government offices there, declaring the city the nation's historic capital. Jordan's annexation of Arab Palestine, including the Arab sector of Jerusalem, greatly strengthened Abdulla's hold on the city. The best the Trusteeship Council can now do is to report back to the General Assembly and let that body take another slab at the problem...