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    "ocrText": "101\nSECURITY OMMATION\nESTABLISHES a Security Council Committee\non Korea composed of representatives of\nMembers of the Council to be appointed by the\nPresident for the following purposes only:\nREASON: In order to more specifically limit\nthe terms of reference of this committee.\n\"With respect to subparagraph 7 a, the Joint Chief's\nof Staff would point out that normal command procedure\ndictates a channel of communication from the Security\nCouncil Committee on Korea to the United States Government\nas executive agent for United Nations military operations\nin Korea, rather than to the unified command direct.\nAccordingly, they recommend that subparagraph 7 a be changed\nto read:\nTo receive offers of assistance for the\nRepublic of Korea transmitted to the United\nNations, and to communicate these to the\ngovernments of the United States and the\nRepublic of Korea as well as to the Security\nCouncil.\n\"If paragraph 6 is changed in accordance with the Joint\nChiefs of Staff recommendation, subparagraph 7 b should then be changed to\nread:\nTo receive the reports requested in paragraph\n6 above.\n\"The Joint Chiefs of Staff are firmly of the opinion that it\nis essential, in the interests of military effectiveness, that Security\nCouncil action, on this or later resolutions bearing on the Korean\nsituation, be such that communication between United Nations Headquarters,\nand particularly the proposed committee, and General MacArthur be through\nthe United States Government rather than direct.\nWith regard to paragraph 5 of the resolutions, the Department\nof Defense does not feel strongly, and if political considerations\nso require, would be willing to accept the wording proposed by you,\nwith the understanding that the authorization for armed forces of\nmember states to use the United Nations flag would not require them to\ndo so if they did not so desire.\nTRUWAN\n/s/ Johnson\nAND\nDECLASSIFIED\nSERVICE\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or \"\n0.5.0 4-27-77\nOSD NLT 77-39\nletter, April 12,1974\nPROJECT NARS Date 6.20.77\nBy\n(COPY)\n?\nSOURITY"
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