Telegram from Ambassador Warren Austin to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

46 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State RETURN TO RE TELEGRAPH BRANCH 23 CONF IDENTIAL Action Control: 2987 Rec'd: December 6, 1950 UNA FROM: New York 6:36 p.m. Info TO: Secretary of State SS G NO: 944, December 6, 6:14 p.m. P L EUR PRIORITY. DUPLICATE WWW.P.FILE NEA FE RE KOREA. OLI CIA Following, authored by Colonel Katzin, given Ross by Cordier. ARMY Katzin discussed with Romulo Romulo expressed interest to DCR Ross. Asked for our comments. "Suggested proposal based upon possibility of hoisting Communist China with its own petard in relation to statements before SC on part of General Wu Hsui-chung which ignored UN participation in Korean conflict and limited his charges to US intervention: "1. The UN emphatically rejects the charges levied against the US and reaffirms that the actions of the US were and are taken in common concert with, and at the request of the UN. "2. Nevertheless in an effort to display its good faith toward its already enunciated intentions towards the people of China and in an effort to avoid the spreading of the conflict and the needless shedding of blood the UN proposes as follows: "(A) Both the US and the Chinese forces withdraw from Korea. "(B) North Korean and South Korean forces lay down their arms under. UN supervision. "(c) A UN force without US elements and not to exceed a strength of 50,000 supported by a Korean police force not to exceed 25,000 will be retained in Korea to maintain internal security. "(D) UN observers of non-US nationality will patrol the international and sea borders of Korea to ensure that no concentrations of forces or violation of borders or boundariet within a defined meaning, take place. "(E) Free elections under the supervision of UNCURK take place in North and South Korea within six months of the with- drawal of forces, etc., as above. uux "(F) UN (over) REPRODUCTION OF THIS IDENTIAL MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED