Telegram from General Matthew Ridgway

CLASSIFIED SECRET DECLASSIFIED I NCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or ΠMESSAGE STAFF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OSD letter, never 2 By way NC NARS Date. PROJECT NLT 78.44 SECRET PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED PRIORITY FROM: CINCUNC TOKYO JAPAN SGD RIDGWAY TO : DEPTAR WASH DC INFO: CGARMYEIGHT (ADV) KOREA, COMNAVFE TOKYO JAPAN, CGFEAF TOKYO JAPAN FOR D/I NR : CX 66365 041131Z JUL 51 Re DA 88628 of 13 Aug, I submit rpt nbr 24 of the United Nations Comd Opns in Kor ea for the period 16 to 30 June inclusive. United Nations Command Communique nbrs 916-930 inclusive, appended hereto, provide detailed accounts of these opns. On the last day of this period the United Nations Command repeatedly broadcast to the (ommander-in-Chief of the Communist Forces in Korea a proposal that accredited representatives of each command meet on the Danish Hospital Ship Jutlandia off the coast of Wonsan for the purpose of negotiating a cease fire agreement No reply had been made to the proposal by midnight of 30 June. The full text of the radio message follows: "As Commander in-Chief of the United Nations Command I have been instructed to communicate to you the following: I am informed that you may wish a meet- ing to discuss an armistice providing for the cessation of hostilities and all acts of armed forces in Korea, with adequate guarantees for the maintenance of such armistice. " Upon the receipt of word from you that such a meeting is desired, I shall be prepared to name my representative. I would also at time suggest a date at which he could meet with your representative I propos. that such a meeting could take place aboard a Danish ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS AND the Hospital Ship in Wonsan Harbor. is SERVICE" In mid June counterattacking United Nations ground forces were meeting increased resistance as noted in the previous report. As United Nations forces reached and occupied their main objectives, hostile forces from organized positions opposed advances with determination. United Nations patrols ranged forward of DA IN 11082 OCS FORM SECRET 92 1 JAN 50 270 COPY NO. REPLACES DA SCO FORM 22-2, 15 JAN 49, WHICH MAY BE USED. is U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950-0-868130