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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams
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Korean War Files
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Muccio, John Joseph, 1900-1989
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June 26, 1950
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-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 starti ng 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.
TRUMAN
C3
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (I)
D.p. State letter, 11-6-77
of
PROJECT NLT 77-37
By NLT- HU 9 NARS Date/-17-77