Telegram from Ambassador Warren Austin to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

48 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State DUPLICATE IN W. P. FILE TELEGRAPH BRANCH TOP SECRET 27 D X Action Control: 4578 UNA Rec'd: December 9, 1950 FROM: New York 5:45 p.m. Info SS TO: Secretary of State G P NO: DELGA 397 December 9, 5:27 p.m. L EUR NIACT NEA FE Re Asian draft Korean peace plan. DCR Below is draft plan dated December 5 and marked secret Slu which was delivered to office of Gross in his absence this afternoor by Lopez, Philippines delegation. Marginal note in pencil on paragraph D on draft states "General Romulo ob jects to this paragraph". Lopez did not divulge origin of draft text. Covering note addressed to Gross and signed by Lopez is as follows: Covering memo: "General Romulo, who is now in Washington, has asked me to show this general plan of a resolution to you. He doesn't know whether you have already seen it, and would only like to know your general reaction. The plan is tentative and, at this stage, unofficial. I would appreciate a chance to have a word with you after the close of today's meeting." Draft plans: "It is significant that in his speech before the SC, the Chinese representative at no time made reference to United Nations intervention in Korea as such, but restricted himself to charges against the United States and their inten- tions towards China. It might be well in this emergency for the UN, in taking note of this fact, to proceed as follows: 1. Repudiate in the strongest possible terms the charges levied by China against the US, re-emphasizing emphatically that the US action was taken at the request and as parti of combined UN action and with its full endorsement and approval, which in every sense has United Nations backing. 2. Nevertheless, as illustrative of its determined inten- tion to preserve world peace and to demonstrate the baseless- ness of the Chinese contention, and to bring an end to aggression, United Nations enunciates as follows: (A) There will be an immediate cease fire in Korea. (B) China (over) 46 COP SECRET REPRODUCTION ESSAGE IS PROMISITED 16