Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall, and General Omar Bradley

NLT 817 337 42 Confl DECLASSIFIED (Dec.2) E. o. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) December 3, 1950 3 Dept. of State letter, ULT 71.34 By NLT. HC " HARS On his return from the White House last night where he had met with the President, General Marshall and General Bradley, the Secretary said that it had been agreed to proceed with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the paper entitled "Recommended Steps in the United Nations". These paragraphs concern the submission to the General Assembly by the six powers of a new agenda item entitled "Intervention of the Central Peoples Government of the Peoples Republic of China in Korea". The paragraphs also provide for the concurrent submission of an explanatory memorandum in such form as to leave open the nature of the resolution which might be adopted by the General Assembly. The President and General Marshall felt that the proposal in paragraph 3 of the paper for the submission to the General Assembly of the resolution vetoed by the Security Council was only a time-waster. They felt that it might be a good stall for time but did not believe it would meet the current situation. It was felt generally desirable to proceed with paragraphs 4 a and b of this paper but that any steps should be after the telecon with General Collins on Sunday morning, December 3. It was also felt that action on these points should await Mr. Attlee's arrival. The Secretary said that paragraph 4 c was considered too slow and it was believed we did not have time for this action. It was made clear that the provisions of paragraph 3 should be our public position for the immediate time being. The President and General Marshall said that they felt that if any negotiations with the Russians took place, the United States should be in the talks. There was a discussion as to the price which might be asked by the Chinese Communists as payment for a settlement of the situation. The Secretary said that he thought the least TOP SEORET