Correspondence Between Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Henry Wallace
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Dear Henry:
I have received your letter of July 26, 1950 requesting in-
formation on an alleged attack by the Republic of Korea prior to the
June 25 invasion by the North Korean Communist regime. Thank you
for it and the enclosed communications from Mr. L. D. Harding and
Mr. John T. McManus, and the photostat copy of "Background of the
Civil War in Korea".
I am glad to have the opportunity to call your attention to several
important facts in connection with the allegations made in the China
Weekly Review article and in Mr. Harding's communication. As
Ambassador Jessup recently pointed out, there have been times in
history when serious and conscientious scholars have been able to
disagree on the question of who started a conflict or who was guilty
of an act of aggression. In the Korean situation there can be no
doubt or sincere debate, for the record is abundantly clear. No
serious, honest scholar can ever have any question about it. North
Korean Communist forces attacked the Republic Korea without warn-
ing, with provocation and without justification.
It is especially significant that knowledge of the facts of this
situation does not depend upon statements by the Korean Government
nor upon statements by Americans on the spot. At the last meeting
of the General Assembly, the United Nations Commission on Korea
was specifically authorized to have teams of observers to keep
watch along the thirty-eighth parallel. The UN Commission on Korea
is composed of representatives of the following countries: Australia,
China, India, El Salvador, Turkey, the Philippines and France. The
Commission's team of observers had concluded an on-the-spot survey
of the situation along the border on June 24, barely twenty-four hours
before
The Honorable
Henry A. Wallace,
Cc - PL 8/11
Farvue,
South Salem, New York.
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