Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Joseph M. A. H. Luns, and Homer Byington

DECLASSIFIED STATE LTR. 2-28-79 134 PROTECT NLT 70.20 BYNLITING NARS, Date, 3-12:79 UNITED STAXES DELEGATION TO October 31, 1952 340 SEVENTE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 350 ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE" AND (Typed November 1, 1952) : MENORANDUN OF CONVERSATION 31 SUBJICT: Korea, KDC, Tunisia and Morocco Foreign Minister Luns, Betherlands Delegation The Secretary of State Homer M. Byington, Jx. COPIES TO: U. 8. Delegation, 7th GA Deparment %aylor Distribution to be Nr. Popper determined by s/s. Mr. Rose a Secretary-Gemeral Reference Nr. Lams saia that he bad a number of matters which he wished to tate up with the Secretary. Kores. First, with regard to Kores, he vished to reaffirm that in event of agreement on an agmistice the Notherlends vill oaryy through its commitment to join in the warning previously discussed. In the event of no armistice, which now segmed probable in the light of the Soviet intransigence concerning the prisoner of var question, the Nether- lands Governamsent was dieposed to join in certain steps in the political and economic fieldm. Tvo yeaza ago the Netherlands Goverxment had seint a Chauge d'Affaires to Peindug, theroby recegnising the Chinese People's Government. The Chinese authorities, however, apparently regarded this emissery as sant to apreagements for the resumption of dipleantic relations. On their part thay bad indicated an intention to establish relations, principally by requesting 6 building in the Hegus which had been set aside for them. Iame and he had recently opportunity to reallocate this building to the Netherlapds devermment and vas gind to have takon this step tovards outu ting off the propossd establishment of a Chinese Mission in the Hague. Should the armistica negotiations not succeed, he wanla be prepared seriously to consider the withdraval from Peining of the Dutch Charge d'Affairos and folt that the Netherlands could uske a very good case for so doing. While it vould not constitute non-recognition of the Peoplo's Republic of China, it vould in actual practice be a complete eutting off or relations betwoen taro countries. In the