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-2 - AND to oppose the proposal. He said there was an erroneous assumption and that was related to the fact that the prisoner of war question is not the only unresolved point. Our acceptance of several other points have been made conditional on our acceptance of the non-forcible repatriation poi t. He said it was a bitter task to read the messages dhy after day setting forth the account of the truce negotiations at Panmumjom and that we must be clear in the future course we are to follow. If the Communists want an honorable peace they can get it, but it would be unthinkable for us to make a peace possible through surrender of principles. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd asked what agreements were pending in addition to the non-forcible repatriation item. Mr. Acheson snid that the matter of air fields was not mentioned in the present armistice agreement and the question of a Soviet member of the Commission had been set aside on the understanding that it would not be made an issue if the Communists agree on non-forcible repatriation. This was the "package deal". He said he wnted to make it plain that we lc or that the prisoner issue created a military hazad. Mr. Lovett said it was essential that anyone examining the problem be aware of the stages the negotiations had come through and only then could he get the full implication. He sáid that the Unified Command could not accept the additional jeopardy which acceptance of the Menon resolution would bring. Mr. Gross remarked that the question of our S feguards in the 21-power resolution was to

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