Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Paris

NLT (KOREA/10)585 OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department of State INDICATE: COLLECT RE 10481 CHARGE TO FOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATICI RECEIVED DC/T ACCEPTANCE UNIT SENT TO: Amembassy PARIS PRIORITY 3756 DEC 29 8 01 PM '51 23-H-X FOR AMBASSADOR Origin UNA We are seriously concerned over FR failure Appreciate basic purpose our Info: SS statement (URTEL 3850 DEC 28) as evidenced by proposed revision handed Bonsal. a EVR We WLD judge from account Bonsal's conversation with La Tournelle that FR have FE also seized upon statement as opportunity secure commitment from states pertici- pating in KOR MIL operation to cover possible future action in Indochina, While FR are aware we continue to regard defense of Indochina matter greates! urgency to US (cite tripartite MIL conversations) we cannot agree it is practicable deal with Indochina problem in projected statement on KOR. We cannot. zodify projected statement so as completely rob it of its intended SIGNIF merely in order broaden its application to Indochina. We see no point to FR objection second PARA our statement. Quite aside from disastrous effect on ROK, with which UN and US must work in future, omission REF Dist. Desired to ultimate POL settlement for KOR WLD generally be regarded as retreat from (Offices Only) established UN objectives. It WLD be interpreted as acknowledgment that to this extent at least aggression in KOR was successful. This we are not prepared do. We are equally unable accept alterations suggested in final PARA our statement, ALTHO we have no objection revision first sentence thereof as it appears in FR draft. However, we do not perceive any substantive difference between two versions first sentence. As was well stated by Bonsal, we regard our Drafted by: Telegraphic transmission and UNA: UNP:DHPoppersbw FE: UAJohnson 12/29/51 classification approved by: D3 Hickerson Clearances: EUR REPRODUCTION FROM THIS TOP SECRET SECURITY COPY, IF CLASSIFIED, IS 112 PROHIBITED.