Abstract

Editorials

In a letter written to the Friends of the Spanish Republic in San Francisco on May 4, 1945 Secretary Edward R. Stettinius insisted that "the question of the admission to the proposed International Organization of specific states not at war with the enemies of the United Nations is not one which is expected to be brought before the conference." He admitted in the same letter that a request for admission by Spain "might properly be entertained by the lnternational Organization after its formation." In a second letter, dated May 25, the Secretary of State repeated the first point and then went on to say that the provision in the Dumbatton Oaks proposals covering the admission of new members would almost certainly "be written into the charter substantially without change."