Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

MLT (Navol Add) 111 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIFIED WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 November 6, 1950 By, DE-B NLT, Date 6-108.00 E P SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS KOREA The Secretary has sent to Mr. Bevin a message on the subject of Chinese Communist interven- - tion in the present fighting in Korea and the proposed course of action for consideration by the British Government to meet this situation. The mes - sage outlines a series of possible explanations for the Chinese action and stresses that, while there is not sufficient detailed information to permit a satisfactory assessment of the situation, there is little doubt that Chin- ese military intervention is substantial and there is no reason to suppose it will not increase. We propose that the first, and essential, step is to get the basic facts on Chinese intervention to the United Nations in the form of a special report to the Security Council, which would be presented or accompanied by the regular periodic report of the UN Command. Since the fact of Chinese intervention is such that these reports could not be ignored by the SC, and since the Peiping authorities should not be emboldened by our failure to act, we suggest that a meeting of the Security Council be called not later than Wednesday of this week to dis - cuss the reports. We do not wish to extend the fighting in Korea to China by proving a case of aggression against China in such a way as to lead to full UN sanctions, but rather believe debates in the meeting should be directed toward localizing the conflict and toward the adoption of a short and simple resolution by the Security Council. WESTERN EUROPE Ambassador Bruce in Paris has informed us that, following our instructions to inform French Prime Minister Pleven and Foreign Minister Schuman of our serious concern over the position of extreme intransigence taken by French Defense Minister Moch in the recent Defense Committee meetings in Washington, he has discussed the situation frankly with Pleven. Pleven has agreed that French representatives on the Military Committee and in the Council of Deputies, which will consider the constitution of a force for the defense of Europe, will not be restricted to a discussion of the French plan but may discuss any proposition affecting the contribution of German armed forces, but that they will not be empowered to concur in any final decisions without prior reference to the French Government.