Emphasizing that “New York has a huge Jewish colony,” J. Fouques Duparo, French representative at the United Nations Organization, today expressed opposition to locating the UNO permanent headquarters in the vicinity of that city.
Declaring that the United Nations Organization would “suffer from exasperated nationalism” if its headquarters were to be in the New York area, the French representative said: “New York has a huge Jewish colony. Suppose the Palestine question came up. Can you imagine holding a UNO debate on Palestine in that atmosphere? Do you really think we could debate it in law and order? Do you think a question involving the United States could be discussed calmly and peacefully in the biggest city of the U.S.?”
The Russian and the Chinese delegations at the UNO today approved the selection of the New York-Connecticut area as a permanent UNO site.
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