Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

MLT ( Maval Aide) 47 DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED June 26, 1950 E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1930 P S E e R E By DEB NLT, Date 6-5-85 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS KOREA Our Charge in Moscow has reported that the Soviet move in Korea represents a clear-cut - challenge which the US should answer firmly and swiftly, since it constitutes a direct threat to our leadership of the free world. Pointing out that the Korean Republic is a creation of US policy and US-led UN action, and stressing that the destruction of that Republic would have grave reper- - cussions for the US in the Far East and other areas, our Charge recommends that we make clear our determination to assist the Korean Government by all means at our disposal, including military aid. He does not believe that the USSR is prepared to risk a full 1-scale - war, but states that the Korean "adventure" gives us a chance to display our firmness and reveal the present important Soviet weaknesses. Meanwhile, Ambassador Muccio in Seoul reports that, in view of the rapid deterioration and disintegration now taking place, he is immediately starting the evacuation of all females towards the south. He states that the situation is disintegrating so rapidly that it may not be possible for everyone to be evacuated, particularly in view of the fighting around Kimpo airfield. INDOCHINA Analyzing the present situation in Indochina, Charge Gullion in Saigon states that the Vietnamese who were willing to accept the March 8 agreements with the French are now beginning to suspect that independence under even the freest interpretation of those agreements will not mean a "social and economic new deal. 11 Gullion says the Vietnamese also suspect that French busi- ness will continue to run the country, the French army will remain, and a prosperous Vietnamese middle class will be a long time in the making. This new feeling, our Charge states, when coupled with the realization that the US is not going to supplant France in Indochina, is leading to the