Memorandum of Conversation

FE-Hacker SECRET FF DEPARTMENT OF STATE Memorandum of Conversation IE April 12, 1951 DATE: Mc-Brit. Statement concerning the Korean Situation SUBJECT: Mr. Tomlinson, Counselor of the British Embassy PARTICIPANTS:Mr. Rusk, Assistant Secretary, FE Mr. Emmons, Officer in Charge, Korean Affairs FE COPIES TO: S/S DECLASSIFIED RE FRUS 1951 VOL VII BNA Authority m. 337-338 By DEB NLT Date 2-27-85 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 Mr. Tomlinson called on Mr. Rusk at 2:30 this afternoon at his request. He asked Mr. Rusk whether for the moment we contemplated making a further statement on the situation in relation to Korea or whether the President's statement- of last evening in our opinion would suffice, and did we consider this the statement about which we had been talking all along? Mr. Rusk reclied that for the moment it seemed to us wise to allow the facts of the situation to sort themselves out and settle down for a few days before taking any further step in relation to the present situation and that, in a sense, this had been the statement, although perhaps we might consider further action along this line at a later date. He pointed out that we had not only a domestic problem in relation to Korea at the present time but the reaction to the President's statement had not yet been received either from the Communist side or in terms of oth- er foreign opinion. He therefore felt that for the moment it was unlikely that we would want to take any further step of this kind. SECRET