Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman

NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECORDS to SERVICE" 6 sovest October 11, 1950 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Proposed United States Action in the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council in Connection with Korean Relief and Rehabilitation. PROBLEM: The United Nations by the resolution adopted in the General Assembly October 7 has in effect assumed responsibility for the relief and reconstruction of Korea. The General Assembly in its resolution requested the Economic and Social Council to develop plans for relief and rehabilitation on the termination of hostilities and to report to the General Assembly by October 28. It is necessary for the United States Delegation to the Economic and Social Council, which will meet October 12, to propose or support organizational arrangements for subsequent decision by the General Assembly. RECOMIENDATIONS: It is recommended that you approve the following measures: 1. Establishment by the United Nations of a United Nations Korean War Damage and Reconstruction Agency to be financed by member states in accordance with a scale of contributions under which the United States would pay up to 70% of the total contribution. Although no accurate estimates are available, it is believed that necessary total expenditures may range between $200,000,000 and $300,000,000 a year for approximately three years or perhaps a smaller annual expenditure for a longer period of time. 2. Appointment of an Administrator as the head of the Agency responsible to the General Assembly who would be a person commanding the confidence of the American Congress and the American people, and who would himself be an American or have as a Deputy an American citizen. DECLASSIFIED O, 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or 09 Dept. of State letter, n-1-7t NLT17-46 MAR3-Dab 12-571