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FROM: CINCUNC TOKYO JAPAN SGD CLARK
TO:
DEPTAR WASH DC FOR JCS
NR:
C 54495
SEP 52
Ref JCS 917260.
1. I am fully in accord with any proposal which will achieve
an honorable armistice, does not compromise the principle on
which we stand and does not jeopardize the security of UN
forces. In many respects, the proposal contained in ref msg
appears to parallel previous courses of action which have been
submitted to you for your consideration, particularly that
outlined in part 2, CX 51489. The essential difference between
your proposal in ref msg and my recommendation is the fact
that your proposal does not solve the ques of the disposition
of the repatriates but leaves it open to "subsequent negotiations".
Whether these negotiations are to be a part of the political
conference agreed to as agenda item 5 and which is to fol the
armistice is not clear. I interpreted the agreement reached
in agenda item 5 to be such that only the United Nations and
Communists dominated nations involved in the war in Korea will
be represented at the political conf. I also assume that
representatives to the political conf from the United Nations
will be other than mil pers. This need not necessarily be true
for the representatives of the Communist nations as their
political advisers have a definite connection with the mil.
I consider that the inclusion of the POW ques in the agenda
of the political conf would provide the Communists with another
means to force the UNC to:
a. Retreat from its announced psn of no forced re-
patriation, or
b. Concede to Communists demands on other important
issues in order to secure Communists agreement to the UN
psn on no forced repatriation, or
DA IN 179036
(1 Sep 52)
DECLASSIFIED
Authority
NLT- 77-75
- 1197 -
By HC/DB LT
Date MAY 30 1978
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