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NLT (KOREA/SD) 565 st Boak Copy 2 of 9 copies DEPARTMENT OF STATE (31) Memorandum of Conversation TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION DATE: December 24, 1951 SUBJECT: Proposed Statement on Greater Sanctions in Korea PARTICIPANTS: Ambassador Hume Wrong of Canada Mr. Peter Campbell, Canadian Embassy Mr. Johnson, FE Bureau of Mr. Henkin, UNP Fan EASTERN AFFAIRS DEC SECRETARY COPIES TO: DCR Department of State S/S DECLASSIFIED G FRUS 1951 Val.VII Part EUR Authority (PP.1429-1431) FE UNA By DER NLT Date 3-13-85 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 Ambassador Wrong called today to present his government's reaction to the proposed sixteen power statement on Korea, and left with me the attached memorandum. He noted that his government agreed to join in the proposed statement and was generally satisfied with the text which had been prepared. The Canadian Government preferred the British version of the final paragraph, but since the United Kingdom was prepared to accept the compromise draft which the Department had offered, the Canadian Govern- ment would also acquiesce. Ambassador Wrong explained his government's suggestion for a change in the last two sentences. They thought that the reference to the renewal of an aggression was perhaps provocative and that it might be deemed to imply that a new finding of aggression might have to be made by the Security Council or the General Assembly. That sentence also left some doubt as to whether the statement was limited to a new attack in Korea, and con- tained no limitation as to the time for which this statement was to be effective. His government therefore suggested a reference to a "breach of the armistice" which would make it clear that we were speaking of renewal of hostilities in Korea during the life of the armistice. I indicated to Ambassador Wrong that there was no difference between us and the Canadian Government as to what was intended, and that the drafting problem which concerned his government had troubled us also. We had been reluctant to use the phrase "breach of the armistice" because it TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION