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201. Airgram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State

ting problem, as usual, is to continue to attract the “liberals” in this group while not losing the “conservatives”. 2. While there was some voting improvement, as indicated above, there was also some deterioration. English-speaking Africans such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and sometimes Tanganyika tended to vote with Belgrade Group, if not for the most extreme proposals, nevertheless for proposals we opposed—for example for the Mongolian Resolution re Cuba in Plenary, and on second operative paragraph of Cuban Resolution in Committee—more often than they tended to abstain with French-A…