Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson

Korea 135 DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS INFORMATION TELEGRAPH BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF STATE COPY OUTGOING TELEGRAM XX 6 P 28-D-X Origin CONTROL UNA PRIORITY Info USUK SS DUPLICATE INW. 4020 G NEW YORK L DEC 13 1950 EUR 584 NEA FE Assuring 13-Power FOO in adopted and GA Pres group commences task therounder, it in 12knIy that other dels will seek obtain US visw3 as to its position on negotiations with CHI COMMES. V Quentions relating to forum. 60000 of agenda, and place of such nagotiations and participants therein will doubtloon eriso. Dept does not witch st this t.m. to adopt firm position on these questions. There fols however SOND preliminary and incomplete viewa which you YBAY wink use in your talke with other dels® In ganaral our attitude shid be governed by Pres-PRIMEN that WB are ready as wa Always have boon to seek and to hostilities OFF 194446 of negotiation and that every effort must be mado achieve purposite of UN Ix Korea by peaceful INDIA and to find aolution of FOR problem el's banis of free and independent Korea. Furthermore our general posside shid reflect necessity of carrying overwheIning majority of free storte with WE in furthor GA etops. These we do not wish to to subject, to oritisdem that on question of nogotiationa WO have been uncivily intraneigent off inflexible on matters which do not involve tanic principle. 1. Terror DECLASSIFIED (OWER) Authority FRUS 1950 VOL.VII B DEB NLT 171540-1541 Date2-26-85