Telegram from Acting Secretary of State James Webb

NLT (KOREA/SD) 268 DIVISION OF INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS 47 TELEGRAPH BRANCH DEPARTMENT OF STATE COPY X OUTGOING TELEGRAM 5-H Origin: UNA e RACHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS AND LOVE VERBATIN TEXT Info: SERVICE" outside INW. . P September Cn. hour 8844 28, SS MEMBASSY or EFFENTION 1948 12 Midnight NEA FE NEW DELBI USUN 468 Devortel 788 Bajpal statament that QTE UK hed informed India in confidence that it was agreed among throo Fills there via be no advance beyond 38th parallel until matter had been tekeri up again in UN UNOTE. for for your background info. in preliminary Washington meetings Oz Sept. 1 agreement WQB reached by representatives of FMe to effect that QTE ON forces shid not be committed to proceed north of 38th parallel without prior UN direction. Tuls vid not preclude tactical operations north of 58th parallel incident to action south of parallel. Future circumstances wit necessarily affect this decision, particularly state of NK forces at tine UNQTE. Thus this formulation antedated landing in neighborhood Seoul with resultant precipitous deterioration state NK forces. At Sept. 14 Fli weting Sec noted that TT dels of three countries had been in constant connul tation on Korean question end *rare agreed upon courag to has followed in UN. FMs passed over question without further discussion time neither affirming nor calling into question above formulation, Dept position which WE wild trust fully shared by UK and France is that LIZI forces have authority enter NK if necessary as military measure to destroy power agreesor and to restore internati peace and security in area. DECLASSIFIED Dept E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 F.R.OF us 1950 VOL. III fip State Dept. Guideline, June 12 PAGE 1970 SECRET 0.13 By NLT-RIC NARS, Date 2.25.24