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    "ocrText": "to\n,\n3/14/54: Reel 2, , Track 1, Page 10\nBetween the 10th and 16th of November I had daily meetings with Eden and\nLloyd and almost daily meetings with other members of the Commonwealth\nand other people. one day we had a meeting with Eden, Lloyd, the Aus-\ntralians, New Zealanders, Canadians and French, all in an attempt to try\nForeign\nand work this matter out. Dick Casey, who was/Rxime Minister of Australia\nand was in charge of his delegation up to about this time when he went\nhome, al so got himself captivated by Menon, and went away leaving instruc-\ntions with Spender to support the Menon view. Spender did not agree with\nit; he thou ght it was quite wrong. He was strongly on our side, but that\nwas his instruction. Some time about the 13th of November I sent a tele-\ngram to the President, which I wrote out in longhand in the hotel and it\nwas put on the direct telegraph wire, SO I happen to have it. It's not\ndated; but I think it is the 13th of November. I have my own draft of\nit, and this is an illustration both of the sort of wires that I sent\nto the President when I was away in meetings of this sort and the critical\nARCHIVEN &\nRECORDS ADMIN RAR] Z3\nstate of this si ituation. I said: \"Dear Mr. President: David Bruce has\nCONTRACTORY\nkept you informed of the serious situation \"which is developing here--\nmore or less, but less and less under the surface--on Korea. The Indians,\nwith help and encouragement from two of our allies, are working on proposals\nfor the prisoner of war issue, which seem to us, as they say in the strike\nsettLement lingo, to give us the words and the other side the decision.\nWe\nhave had some rough sessions. I have pointed out that our friends seem\nto be operating on General Forrest' principle, if you cannot lick 1em,\njoin 1 em, ! while you are going ahead with General Grant to fight it out\non this line if it takes all summer. There are some jitters here about\nwhat may happen if there is no armistice. Things are rapidly coming to\na head, and we shall soon need some instructions about our final position\nwhich require a sober review of the situation. State and Defense are\nworking well and harmoniously together to get a recommendation for you,"
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