Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the Department of State

INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State Authority SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION 29-B Action Control: 3196 UNA Rec'd: November 8, 1952 FROM: New York Info 3:44 p.m. SS TO: Secretary of State G EUR NO: DELGA 151, November 8, 3:09 p.m. (VERBATIM TEXT) NEA ARA FE Following is text of draft res referred to in DELGA 150, E-FRYS Mszsy Vol.XV DECLASSIFIED L which represents views of Ambassador Gross and delegation P staff as to how far we can and should be prepared to go to I meet views of Menon and others if tactical situation requires. Such paragraphs could be incorporated into twenty-one-power resolution by amendment, or added as supplementary or separate resolution which we could support. We have not yet had opportunity to show it to Secretary but hope to do so later today. "The General Assembly "1. Decides in accordance with international law and practice including the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War of 1949, that promptly upon the conclusion of an armistice in Korea, all prisoners of war on both sides should be released and given an unrestricted opportunity to be repatriated; no force is to be used to prevent or to compel the repatriation of any prisoner. "2. Calls upon the negotiators at Panmunjom as a matter of urgency to conclude an armistice agreement which would: "A. Provide for the prompt release and repatriation of prisoners of war within an agreed fixed period and on the basis set forth in paragraph 1 of this resolution, "B. Establish an (impartial) commission on repatriation of prisoners of war which should: "(1) Receive at agreed exchange points in neutral territory all prisoners of war. All prisoners of war are to be released to the commission by both sides, in groups of appropriate size. "(2) Determine the disposition of all prisoners of war in accordance with the provisions of the armistice agreement and of this resolution, and assure such disposition, "(3) Following the completion of the process set forth in the preceding sub-paragraph, assist both sides in assuring for all prisoners of war humanitarian care and the opportunity to return to peaceful pursuits in accordance with the principles of the United Nations. "3. Notes, SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION REPRODUCTION FROM THIS 100 COPY, IF CLASSIFIED, IS PROHIBITED 103 16-67338-1