Dear Mr. Secretary General:
I consider it necessary to inform you that, in accordance with established procedure, I am assuming the presidency of the Security Council in August ... I request you to arrange to notify the members of the Security Council regarding the date of the meeting. The agenda will be communicated subsequently.
With respect,
Y. Malik
Big, blond Yakov Malik did not wait to send the letter. A Soviet second secretary telephoned from Manhattan to Trygve Lie's office and read it in Russian. Thus the Soviet Union ended its boycott of the United...
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