Memorandum from A. Guy Hope to Mr. Perkins

500.008 STANDARD FORM NO. 64 X543.1010 Office Memorandum 260 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO CA - Mr. Perkins DATE February 15, 1952 FROM pyst U.S. CA - A. Guy Hope SUBJECT: Proposal for UN-AMC Action on Problem of Shipping in China Mainland Trade The other day you suggested we might frame a memorandum for Mr. Allison to send to Mr. Hickerson inquiring why no action was taken in UNGA on the problem of shipping in the China mainland trade, despite the instruction to our delegation to prepare the way for UN-AMC action on it. When we took this matter up with UNP on January 23, it was explained that, as long as the Korean truce talks jogged along, few delegations in Paris seemed disposed to take any action in regard to implementing the UN embargo more effectively, and, for that reason, it was impossible to muster interest even for holding an AMC meeting. The Korean talks still stand in the way, of course, but there is a possibility that we may soon have an opportunity to approach the British with a proposal to call an AMC meeting this spring, and, if you agree, we might suggest this in our memorandum to Mr. Hickerson. In a memorandum sent by the British Embassy on January 14, 1952 to the Department in regard to the memorandum sent by the Secretary to Mr. Eden, containing the text of Admiral Fechteler's memorandum to the President, the following statement was made: "His Majesty's Government would support action by the United Nations to prohibit the carriage of strategic goods in the ships of member states, but are not willing to take unilateral action to this effect." Mr. Park Armstrong recommended in this connection that no action be taken on this matter until we have had an opportunity to study a report which a joint US-UK group in the Pentagon is preparing on the problem of trade with Communist China. It is our understanding that as soon as this report is in (it was due mid-February), the Department will again enter into talks with the British on their shipping in Date the China mainland trade. whatsve We believe we should, at that time, propose to the British that The we ask the UN to call an AMC meeting this spring to prepare a report, as required in the UN resolution, on what is being done under the etc resolution for county UN px, of in the have I mis. ix w the go ua A f TLP missing pour to out all our