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wall are Heury A. 001085 mount nostale Doh Pepa and "NATIONAL SERVICE^ RECORDS AND = 1063-a Dear Henry: I have received your letter of July 26, 1950 requesting in- formation on an alleged attack by the Republic of Korea prior to the June 25 invasion by the North Korean Communist regime. Thank you for it and the enclosed communications from Mr. L. D. Harding and Mr. John T. McManus, and the photostat copy of "Background of the Civil War in Korea". I am glad to have the opportunity to call your attention to several important facts in connection with the allegations made in the China Weekly Review article and in Mr. Harding's communication. As Ambassador Jessup recently pointed out, there have been times in history when serious and conscientious scholars have been able to disagree on the question of who started a conflict or who was guilty of an act of aggression. In the Korean situation there can be no doubt or sincere debate, for the record is abundantly clear. No serious, honest scholar can ever have any question about it. North Korean Communist forces attacked the Republic Korea without warn- ing, with provocation and without justification. It is especially significant that knowledge of the facts of this situation does not depend upon statements by the Korean Government nor upon statements by Americans on the spot. At the last meeting of the General Assembly, the United Nations Commission on Korea was specifically authorized to have teams of observers to keep watch along the thirty-eighth parallel. The UN Commission on Korea is composed of representatives of the following countries: Australia, China, India, El Salvador, Turkey, the Philippines and France. The Commission's team of observers had concluded an on-the-spot survey of the situation along the border on June 24, barely twenty-four hours before The Honorable Henry A. Wallace, Cc - PL 8/11 Farvue, South Salem, New York.