Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT(Naval Aide) 130 ( OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED, 3-402 December 6, 1950 State E.O. 12065, Guidelines, Sec. March 6, 1982 Dept. DEB NLT, Date 6-18-85 T-O.P. 85 G By SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS WESTERN EUROPE Ambassador Bruce in Paris believes that US-French agreement on German partici- pation in the defense of western Europe can now be reached immediately. Bruce states that the changes in the latest proposals drafted by the North Atlantic Council Deputies which have been suggested by the French are relatively minor and believes they will be acceptable. However, he does not overlook the possibility that the French may make further changes at the last moment. UNITED NATIONS In reporting to our UN delegate on conversa- tions held with Chinese Communist delegate Chiao, the Israeli delegate Sharrett stated Chiao made no specific reaction to the questions of a cease-fire, a gradual withdrawal of forces on both sides and the full use of a UN Peace Observation Commission as steps toward the settlement of the Korean question. In the general dis - cussions, in which Secretary General Lie, Pakistan delegate Zafrullah and UK delegate Jebb also participated, Chiao stated that the Korean question could be solved only by withdrawal of foreign forces from Korea and defined foreign forces as being US forces. Chiao did not react to Jebb's question as to whether Chinese Communist forces in Korea were foreign forces. Sharrett indicated that he took a strong line that: 1) the UN could not wash its hands of Korea; 2) the UN was in Korea for legitimate purposes; and 3) the Chinese Communist Government must face the political fact that Korea is a part of the world equilibrium, and that peace cannot be restored until the equilibrium is restored. In re- sponse Chiao expressed extreme bitterness of the Chinese people against the US for supporting Chiang against the Chinese people in their struggle for freedom. Chiao responded to Sharrett's statement that the US was capable of forcing China to become a landlocked power through naval blockade by saying that: 1) the Chinese people are Asians seeking their freedom and they wanted no interference from the outside world; 2) relations had not been broken with the American people; and 3) the Seventh Fleet was already blockading China. Chiao dismissed a statement that the presence of the Seventh Fleet was as much a protection for the mainland