Memorandum of Conversation

#6411 RE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 19 Memorandum of Conversation TOP SPOT DATE: July 11, 1952 SUBJECT: Armistice Negotiations in Korea PARTICIPANTS: Mr. Peter G.R. Campbell, Second Secretary, Canadian Embassy Mr. David W. McNicol, First Secretary, Australian Embassy Mr. R.H. Wade, First Secretary, New Zealand Embassy Mr. Robert J.G. McClurkin, Acting Director, NA COPIES TO: FE (2) NA RE UNA EUR Date S/P G U. PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 At Mr. Johnson's suggestion I asked Messrs. Campbell, Wade and McNicol to come in in order to tell them about the latest developments in the armistice negotiations in Korea. Mr. MacGinnis of the United Kingdom had been given this information by Mr. Johnson in conversations on July 10 and July 11. I told them of General Clark's proposals as given in CX-51489 of July 7. I said that this proposal consisted of two parts. The first part involves giving the Communists a new figure of 83,000 prisoners held by the UNC to be re- patriated. In doing so the negotiators would emphasize the care with which this figure had been prepared, would ask for a similar accounting of UNC prisoners held by the Communists, and would reiterate our willingness to allow individual interviews by a bilaterally acceptable impartial organization after the signing of the armistice with both sides agreeing to abide by the results of the interview. The second part of General Clark's proposal would be followed if the first part proves unsuccessful in breaking the deadlock over repatriation of prisoners. I said that in general terms it might be compared with Chou En-Lai's alternative "B". On the NOP SECRET -21