Telegram from Warren Austin to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

1564 INCOMING TELEGRAM Department of State TELEGRAPH BRANCH 26 2001 Action Control: 8100 Rec'd: August 15, 1951 UNA FROM: New York 6:18 p.m. Info TO: Secretary of State SS DECLASSIFIED a NO: 230, August 15, 4:57 p.m. STATE LTR. 4-25-79 L PROJECT NLT 78.13 EUR NARS, Date 7-24-79 FE PRIORITY. DCR Re Korea; Indonesia; New Guinea; presidency GA. Luns, temporarily in charge Netherlands del, at his request called on Ross yesterday and left aide memoire quoted below, expressing "preliminary views" his FONOFF concerning post- armistice UN action re Korea. Ross explained tentative thinking Dept in favor combination SC and GA action, and outlined briefly and in general terms reasons for this tentative conclusion. explained present tentative thinking subject to change in light of (A) con- sultation with our close friends, and (B) circumstances as they may develop. Luns appeared convinced our thinking thus THOMAC far on right track and observed without commitment he thought Dutch Govt would not find much difficulty in falling in with this thinking. Text of aide memoire follows: "In view of the possibility of an agreed cease -fire in Korea and the subsequent need for official approval of and further political action by the UN, the following reasons plead, in the opinion of the Netherlands Govt, for consideration of this problem of the GA rather than by the SC: "1. The Korean problem was removed from the SC's agenda on 31 Jan 1951 and has since been on the agenda of the GA on which agenda it still figures at the present time. During the period since 31st Jan the GA has repeatedly taken action, first by condemning the People's Rep of China of aggression in Korea and secondly by recommending a limited embargo on the shipment of strategic materials to areas under the control of the CPG of the PRC and of the NK authorities. "Consideration of a cease-fire agreement by the council would mean reintroduction of the issue on the council's agenda. "2. It would not seem that the Soviet Union would approve more readily a cease-fire res in the SC than in the Assembly. The USSR have always maintained that all action of the council in connection with the hostilities in Korea was illegal, not only because of the absence of the Soviet rep and occupation of the Chi seat by the rep of the Nationalist REPRODUCTION OF THIS Chi Govt SECRET ESSAGE IS PROHIBITED