Telegram from Robert D. Murphy to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State TELEGRAPH BRANCH PLAIN A 2 Controi: 13178 Action IE Rec'd: June 29, 1950 FROM: Brussels 6:09 p.m. Info SS TO: Secretary of State G P NO: 1024, June 29. EUR FE UNA PRIORITY. OLI CIA ATTENTION VOA INP . PA DCR A statement by Foreign Minister Paul van Zeelands made before Belgian Parliament at 6:20 tonight follows: Serious events concerning world peace have just happened in the far east. The Belgian Government has been duly informed of them. The General Secretary of the United Nations has apprised us of the Security Council resolu- tions, adopted as a result of the aggression against the Korean Republic, and the United States Government has informed us of the action undertaken this country in the framework of these resolutions. We have immediately established close contact with the two countries with which we are associated within Benelux. The Belgian Government declares itself ready to answer the appeal of the United Nations and to furnish the assistance which it may be asked to give in conformity with the Security Council resolutions. "NATIONAL The Belgian Government can only express its disapproval ARCHIVES AND in respect to an armed attack directed against the RECOROS SERVICE" Korean Republic, a state which it had recognized last August and with it maintains diplomatic relations. One of the supreme objectives of the foreign policy of the Belgian Government is the maintenance of peace. We attach the highest importance to the prestige and the efficacy of the United Nations of which Belgium has always been and feels itself more than ever in present circumstances, a faithful member. Therefore we approve without reservation the action undertaken by the United States Government, which tends to re-establish peace in the Pacific area and more particularly in Korea, south of the 38th parallel. The Security Council PLAIN REPRODUCTION OF THI: MESSAGE IS PROHIBITE