Telegram from Acting Secretary of State James Webb to London

NLT (ROREA/SD ) 533 OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department of State 01700 INDICATE: COLLECT CHARGE TO TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION Classification RECEIVED DC/T ACCEPTANCE UNIT For SENT TO: Amembassy LONDON PRIORITY DECLASSIMED 2807 DEC 5 7 17 PM '51 Authority IT Ru: 1951 VolVII Origin - M. 1249-1250 Bv DEB NLT 3-1-85 Info: REF DEPTEL 2790 there is given below draft of typed statement which US has in mind. Request you discuss with Eden and transmit to DEPT any UK com- ments. QTE. We the nations participating in the Korean action support the decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the UN Command to conclude an armistic agreement. We hereby affirm our determination fully and faithfully to carr out the terms of that armistice. We expect that the other parties to the agreement will likewise scrupulously observe its terms. The task ahead is not an easy one. We will support the efforts of the UN to bring about an equitable settlement in Korea based on the principles which have long been established by the UN, and which call for a united, independent and democratic Korea. We will support the UN in its efforts to Dist. Desired (Offices assist the people of Korea in repairing the ravages of war. Only) We declare again our faith in the principles and purposes of the UN, our consciousness of our continuing responsibilities in Korea, our determination in good faith to seek a settlement of the Korean problem, and our resolution that aggression committed again in Korea will bring upon any country whose forces are involved the full retribution without geographic limitation it will in justice have earned. UNQTE. DC/R Drafted by: FE:UAJo on:FR 12/5/51 Telegraphic transmission and classification approved by: UAJohnson Fov Clearances: Matthews) C-Bohlen Cleared in draft C7. 5/5/20 TOP SEORET REPRODUCTION FROM Classification COPY, IF CLASSIFIED, DEC 5 951 P.M. PROHIBITED.