Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett

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MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION WITH MR. LOVETT Nov. 15, 1952. 365-a The Secretary telephoned Secretary Lovett at Locust 375 Balley and related to him the difficulties which were besetting the United States Délegation with reference to the es olution on Korea, stating that the Indians had been trying to produce a draft resolution, and had been encouraged by the Russians and had gotten some of our allies to go along. After the Russians and ARCHIVES AND banged the door shut, many of thepther countries are RECORD& SERVICE" word rushing over to the Russian side. The Secretary said our manjovallies he had told them that this nonsense had to end; that we would have to separate the sheep from the goats and be firm about it. . It He said that the objections to the Indian resolution boiled down to three very bad points. There was a bare possibility that these might be cured. He had alerted General Bradley yesterday who had gotten the Pentagon people working, and with the State Department people a resolution had been drafted and was being brought up to tixexx New York this after- noon. Pino Secretary thought it might be useful if join General Bradley and Frank Nash could going Secretary Lovett and himself at lunch tomorrow and then meet in newyorkeater is the ofternon with the British and Canadians and lay it on the line. He thought that the military should be brought into this, because the points involved the very ones on which the Military had very strong views. The Secretary