MOST IMMEDIATE

Your telegram 40 [1] and Minister's en clair telegram [2] having
no priority marking arrived only 11 p.m. last night after drafting
complete for plenary. On the question of ad referendum, throughout
the Conference there has been and at the plenary there will be no
voting and no signatures, yet resolution is drafted in the form of
message to the Security Council from the Governments represented
at the Conference. All delegates regard their approval ad
referendum but to make the position clear we will have statement
made at plenary by the Prime Minister that resolution is going
forward direct to the Secretary-General because the matter is now
being discussed but also to the Governments for their approval. I
will ensure that the Australian Press note the statement.

2. Drafting changes suggested could easily have been made had we
received them earlier. Dates were set because of general opinion
that unless schedule is observed there will be practical
difficulties and moreover the intention would lack definiteness.

No doubt the Indian experience in the background timetable is
close to that suggested by the U.S.A.

3. On the question of sub-committees, in the absence of
instructions we strove to eliminate Secretariat as it seemed to
prejudice regional moves you might contemplate particularly as,
had it been set up, the intention was to use it for other matters
of common interest. It was difficult to obtain exclusion of both
the Secretariat and wider reference and our insistence led to only
long arguments in the Conference but no ill-will resulted. In fact
India told us that they were glad that we pressed the point on
wider consultation. The final resolution which merely suggests to
Governments that they consider question of regional consultation
in their own areas supports Australian policy and appears now as
there was a desire for an expression of confidence in friendly
consultation of this Conference.

4. The final plenary is now in progress and we depart just before
the conclusion for the plane. Will arrive Sydney Wednesday morning
and desire immediate onward transport.