Aide-Memoire from John M. Chang, Korean Embassy, with Related Memorandum

KOREAN EMBASSY WASHINGTON, D.G. AIDE-MEMOIRE L. We are most grateful to the United Nations and to the United States for their very courageous action taken at the time of the invasion launched by the north Korean communists against the Re- public of Korea. Indeed, this action was hailed by the free world as an indication of the grim determination of all liberty-loving men to resist aggression as a threat to peace and international security. The Republic of Korea and the United Nations armed forces are now con- fronted with another invasion by the Chinese communists. This repre- sents an act of sheer aggression against the Republic of Kore a as well as a defiance of the free will of the world. The Government and the people of Korea feel very strongly that the principles of the United Nations, as exemplified in the decisions taken on June 25 and 27, 1950 must be upheld and maintained. 2. If the United Nations and the United States withdraw their forces from Korea, it is the firm conviction of our Government and our people -- and I am sure this conviction is shared by many of t he people of the world -- that the nations in Asia which have looked to the United States and the United Nations for leadership in a time of constant threats from communist hordes, will lose their confidence in the United States and the United Nations. Because of the action taken in regard to Korea in the early months of the invasion by north Korean communists, the position of the United Nations was strengthened to an unparalleled degree in the his- tory of that great body. If it should fail to demonstrate continued deter- mination to repel the new armed aggression in Korea, a loss of prestige of unspeakable magnitude may result. Further, the withdrawal of United Nations forces from Korea may mean immediate massacre of our democratically inclined HECUROS SERVICE¹