Telegram from Henry Grady to Secrertary of State Dean Acheson

INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE-DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS TELEGRAPH BRANCH A Action: NEA Info: SS Control 10934 G EUR Rec'd May 26, 1949 I 8:56 a. m. UNA USUN FROM: Athens DCR TO : Secretary of State NO : 1026, May 25, 7 p. m. COMBAL 431 FROM DREW Re 760, May 20. Following comments on reference telegram are submitted solely from UNSCOB point of view and without consul- tation with any American agency Greece and any dis- - crepancies with reports from such sources, particu- larly military, should be evaluated accordingly. I concur fully points 1 to 9 except No. 4. Greeks are becoming increasingly bemused by their own insistence on unconditional surrender" policy to- ward repeated guerilla peace proposals. While obvi- ously no one could question full legal and moral justification for such stand it is hardly realistic especially when one considers that hard Communist core of guerilla forces never estimated over 25 per cent. Such adamant stand tends force remaining 75 per cent of concriptees, waiverers or adventures to join ranks of last ditchers. By accepting US mili- tary support and international political intervention- read UNSCOB- - -Greece has to that extent accepted dero- gation of full sovereignty. Protracted intransigent harping on unconditional surrender theme must even- tually tend to discourage war weary Greek public opin- ion and jeopardize continued support of US public and congressional opinion not to mention US sympathy. TRONAM There can, ARCHIVES RECORDS 'NATIONAL AND DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) 15 or (E) Dept. of State letter, 3-13-25 : By NLT- He , NARS Dateg-10-26 INFORMATION COPY