Message to Chou En-lai from British Chargé D'affaires

Return to NA granson COPY OFFICE OF 121 NA NORTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS CONFIDERTIAL NOV 241950 Cy. to y NA - Fels, DEPARTMENT OF STATE Amended version of message to be delivered by His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Peking, to Nov.22, Chou Sn-lai, or to him through the highest available official 1950 It is requested that the original version handed to the State Department on the 20th November, be destroyed. Message begins, It appears from published Chinese official statements that Central People's Government of China may be under some misunderstanding regarding the nature and purposes of current operations of United Nations Forece in Korea. 2. These forces are in Korea in pursuance of recom- mendations made by the Security Council with a view to re- establishment of peace and order. 3. At Loscow in December 1945 the Great Powers affirmed the aim of re-establishing Korea as an independent state. Since 1947, when the question first came before the General Assembly, it has constantly been the aim of the United nations to achieve this and. For this purpose United Nation's Commissions have been in Korea for nearly three years. in furtherance of this, the General Assembly in their resolution of October 7th 1950 again re-affirmed their essential objective of a unified independent and democratic Korea and recommended steps to be taken to accomplish this task. 4. It was the hope of His asjesty's Government and of the overwhelming ajority of members of the United ations that North Korean Forces would lay down their arms so