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For Y.R. Hall KC DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNKRA O Memorandum of Conversation DATE: November 5, 1951 12:01 pomo to SUBJECT: 1:00 pomo Exchange of views with respect to the immediate and the long-range progrem of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) PARTICIPANTS: Mr. J. Donald Kingsley, Agent General, United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) Mr. Hickerson, UNA Mr. Sanders, UNA Mr. Fall, UNA GRN COPIES TO: UNA - Mr. Hickerson NA - Mr. Johnson Mr. Sandifer Mr. Emaona Mr. Sanders Mr. Hommondinger UNE - Mr. Kotschnig Mr. McClurkin Mr. Mullikan Mr. Carwell Mr. Pederson S/ISA - Mr. Price UNI - Mr. Ingrem Mr. Weber Mr. Henderson S/S-S - Mr. Lampshire Mr. Kerry USUN - Mr. Lubin UNP Mr. Henkin Mr. Murden Mr. Blaisdell (U.S. Rep, Specialized Agency Affairs, Geneva 1. The Situation in Korea with Respect to & Truce Mr. Hickerson commented upon the truce negotiations in Korea in so for as these negotiations were pertinent to the program of UNKRA. An exchange of views between Mr. Hickerson and Mr. Kingsley indicated that each had in mind as a tentative, planing assumption the possibility of UNKRA assuming full responsibility for relief and rehabilitation in Korea at a time beginning six months after the negotiation of a truce. Mr. Kingsley added that perhaps it would be a time from six to nine months after a truce; and he indi- cated that he had found a similar view in some informal converse- tions with "brass hats". 2. Status