Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson

DIVISION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT OF STATE COPY TELEGRAPH BRANCH OUTGOING TELEGRAM XX 5 P.'1. 26-H CONTROL Origin UNA PRIORITY 830 Info USUN SS G NEW YORK L JA !! 4 1951 EUR 619 NEA FE OLI DELGA 477 ratace question as to what position 105 TOP ah16 take CIA in event Asicu OF other Dela desire intermediate step before stronger ree, of having Gomito I adopt-12-Power 160, ours La alternatz.vop of having Entesan groups submit QTE 6 principies UNQTE to Peiping and response awnit therefrom. In OUR view we shld oppose adoption 12-Pover ree at this time. Ation E OURTEL 615 was based on assumption that attack by CHX forces had aot nfo begun. Under present efronstences adoption of 12-Power N A 3 I 3 PI rea wid be abourd and stop backward in our effort to stand firm against CEA aggression. As to submission of OWE 6 principles UNQTE to Polping ING recognizo there may be strong demend wong certain dels for this move cover satiefy themselves that all efforts have been exhmeted. XC is difficult for Dept to coment on this approach without seeing tax's Q2E to principles. UNQTE Assuming principles are antisfactory however Dept agrees with poor tion arated by AND DBLGA1477, namely, 18 113 willing to Return go along with our friends on this intermediate stop before stronger free world. Dopt believes strongly that if Internadiate step 1.3 necessry to earry with us W&C majority on stronger rea at later stago, proposal Come (OVER) 44