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PERTODIC REPORTS OF UNITED NATIONS COMMANT
OPERATIONS IN KOREA
Periodie reports on the Comoand operations of the United Nationa in
Korea have been submitted on a current basis to the Secretary General of the
United Nations, beginning with the first report which was transmitted through
the United States delegation in a letter dated July 24, 1950. These reports
have been submitted thereafter to cover each bi-weekly period of United
Nations operations in Korea in accordance with the Security Council Resolu-
tion of July 7. 1950, which established the Unified Comand and which in
Paragraph 6 requested "the United States to provide the Security Council
with reports as appropriate on the course of action taken by the Unified
Command.'
Precederally, the operational reports were prepared by the Tokyo Head-
quarters of the United Neti na Comsand and were submitted to the Depart-
monte of State and Defense for concurrence and transittal to the United
Nations. It should be exphasised that these reports were outmitted by
the United States Government in its capacity and under its responsibilities
as the Unified Command and not specifically as the sole responsibility of
the Commanding General of the Unified Forces (CINCUNC). The reports were
designed to be limited to the terms of the :ee Council hesolution of
July 7, amely, to report "on the course of setion taken under the Unified
Command.
when the reports were submitted to the Department of State for eleerance
siner changes were free time to time suggested to eliminate from the reports
material which was considered to be of political rether than purely militar,
import. These changes and/or deletions were concurred in by the Department
of Defense and were in every case referred to General MacArthur for his
consurrence before being outmitted to the United Nations. All substantive
changes suggeted by the Department were directed only toward precerving
the greet value of the reports as purely factual accounts of the progress
of military operations in the field. This was inveriably done by suggesting
deletions in the drafts submitted by General Machsthur of material which it
was considered departed from that standard. In no case did the Department
augreet my substantive additions to the reports.
while informal discussions were being conducted with Defense concerning
a for passages in the Eleventh Report (December 1-15), the Twelfth Report
was received, and 1t is only CARD respect to this latter report that any
real issue ever aress.
The Twelfth Report departed very materially in character from the
previous reports in that it contained a relatively small proportion of
factual material on military operations and a high proportion of material
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