Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT (Navil Aide)323 DECLASSIFIED THE SECRETARY OF STATE Dept. E.O. Guidelines, March 9-9-85 6, 1982 12065, Sec. 3-402 WASHINGTON State By DEB NLT, Date February 5, 1952 TOP SECRET SECURITY INF FORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS SWEDEN In a discussion by the North Atlantic Council Deputies on Sweden and Finland, the Norwegian Deputy ex- pressed the view that there is no likelihood of winning Sweden away from a neutrality policy but that there is equally no doubt that the Swedes would fight if they were invaded. He expressed the view that Sweden should be considered a sort of member of the North Atlantic Community and that it was to everybody's interest to cooperate with Sweden, particularly in the economic field. He considered that the present absence of staff talks with the West is the greatest present fault of Swedish foreign policy but he thought that the more mention is made publicly of Swedish military co- operation with the West, the less chance there is of its being realized. Our Deputy said that we would assist Sweden's efforts to strengthen her defense wherever consistent with our other obligations and that we recog- nize the truth of the Norwegian statement that Sweden is in fact part of NATO except in the military field. KOREA The British Foreign Office has received a report from the Indian Charge at Peiping that the basic cause of the stalemate in Korean armistice negotiations is the Chinese Com- munist conviction that the US negotiators are insincere and the US Govern- ment has no real desire for peace. The Foreign Office telegraphed its mission in Peiping inquiring whether any good would come from having Indian Ambassador Panikkar instructed to tell the highest Communist authorities that the US genuinely wants peace and hopes an armistice will be concluded quickly. Our Embassy in London expressed to the Foreign Office its concern that such a move might lead the Communists to jump to the conclusion that Panikkar's approach was inspired by the US and that, therefore, they might be even less inclined to make con- cessions. We have informed Embassy London that we concur in its position and believe that the only result would be a stiffening of the Communist position. The Embassy is to inform the Foreign Office of this view and express our hope that no such action will be stimulated or encouraged by the UK. TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMA' TION