Telegram to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

TELEGRAM Department of State DUPLICATE RE 63 TELEGRAPH BRANCH 22-M SECRET Action 16 Contrc:: 6994 UNA FROM: New York Rec'd: February 15, 1951 7:41 p.m. Info SS TO: Secretary of State DECLASSIFIED G E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 P NO: 1163, February 15, 6:47 p.m. State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 EUR FE By NLT He NARS, Date/a-28.t1 DCR PRIORITY. Re Committee on Additional Measures against China. We have achieved agreement with British and French delega- tions today re procedures for tomorrow morning's meeting of Committee on Additional Measures to Meet Aggression in Korea. Coulson and Laskey called on Gross and Ross this afternoon and we had long discussion with them re various aspects work of this committee. As result of discussion Coulson said views we had expressed (in accordance Department's instructions and consultation with Department officers in New York this week) would be very helpful to his government in understanding our whole approach this matter. With regard to procedure of bureau of committee developing plan of work we made clear that we did not envisage concept of plan of work as involving controversial substantive issues or details or specifics of possible additional measures. In light our comments we believe Coulson and Taskey fully under- stood there is no ground for fearing we would be urging such treatment in developing plan of work. With regard to timing of this first phase of committee's work British, while indicating desire move slowly as possi- ble, agreed that momentum of committee should be maintained. We all agreed it would be undesirable to establish any spe- cific deadline for report of plan of work by bureau. Timing in this case would be left to chairman who presumably would call meeting of committee when we and British felt timing was optimum. British would probably be very reluctant to agree to second meeting within less than ten days or so; on contrary they would probably wish longer delay. We indicated in broad terms general approach we had in mind as objective of committee's work, leaving details for con- sideration by other channels. British appeared consideratly relieved that we did not contemplate getting committee in- volved in details concerning specific commodities and like. We agreed -43 REPRODUCTION OF THIS SECRET MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED