Committee on South West Africa

The seven-member Committee on Sourth West Africa, established by the General Assembly at its last session, held its first meeting this morning, elected its officers and considered a draft text of a letter to be addressed to the Government of the Union of South Africa, which holds a League of Nations mandate over the Territory.
This picture, taken after the meeting, shows the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Thanat Khoman (center) of Thailand, conversing with Mr. Victor Hoo (left), Assistant Secretary-General of the U.N. in charge of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories, and Mr. Heinrich A. Wieschhoff, of the U.N. Trusteeship Division, Secretary of the Committee.