Telegram from Ambassador Loy Henderson to Secretary of State Dean Acheson
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NLT (KOREA/SD) 444
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RECOMING TELEGRAM
Department of State
TELEGRAPH BRANCH
JOP SECRET
D-X
Action
Control: 6329
UNA
Rec'd: December 13, 1950
FROM: New Delhi
3:45 p.m.
Info
SS
TO: Secretary of State
G
NO: 1466, December 13, 1 p.m.
DUPLICATE IN W.
EUR
NEA
NIACT.
FE
USUN
1. I saw Bajpai this morning at his request. He wanted
DCR
again to discuss Korean problem and talked in greater de-
tail than he had on December 12 re conversations which had
been taking place in Peking between Panikkar and Communist
China.
2. He said that on December 8 GOI had instructed Panikkar
approach Communist China inquiring whether they would be
willing agree cessation hostilities in Korea under conditions
as follows:
(A) Cease fire, (B) drawing up demilitarized zone, (c) holding
of conversations for settlement Korean problem and subsequently
for settlement of Formosa problem in all of which China would
have equal participation.
With respect to setting up demilitarized zone GOI had ex-
pressed its opinion that Communist forces should not move
south of 38th parallel and UN forces should be withdrawn from
north of 38th parallel. Re question settlement of Korea GOI
thought it would be unwise for Communist China insist on with-
drawal UN forces from South Korea until government of united
and independent Korea been established in compliance with de-
cisions UN. Re Formosa GOI had expressed opinion that dis...
cussions should be based on decisions at Cairo and Potsdam
that Formosa should go to China. Question of when and how
Formosa should be turned over to China could be subject of
discussions and Communist China should bear in mind that US
at present considered Formosa important to maintenance peace
and security in Far East particularly Japan.
3. Panikkar had reported in telegram received in New Delhi
last evening that on December 11 he had had an hour's con-
versation with Chou En-1ai in which latter had insisted that
Chinese wished peaceful settlement problems of Korea and of
"Far East in general" but that before opening of conversations
re future
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