Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLTCMawl Aide)362 OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE State DEB Dept. E.O. 12065.500 Guidelines, NLT, 3-402 6, 1982 THE WASHINGTON June 10, 1952 By TOP SEGRET SECURITY INF ORMA TION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS KOREA Ambassador Muccio has been informed by the Chairman of the UN Commission that in discussion with the Commission of its latest letter on the Korean political situation, President Rhee continued to main- - tain a negative attitude. (The Commission's letter, which was delivered Saturday evening, reiterated the previous UN requests for the lifting of martial law and release of Assemblymen under arrest and also suggested a ten-day "political holiday". According to the Commission Chairman, Rhee was not interested in compromise as his only interest was in getting agreement that his proposed constitutional amendment be adopted. Presi- dent Rhee told the Commission that the Prime Minister had told him that the Assembly was coming around and would finally agree to his amend- - ments. Muccio comments that it is not surprising that Rhee refused to accept the Commission's proposal in a meeting with its members, but Muccio does not take the refusal to mean definitely that Rhee will not give any consideration to their proposal. At Muccio's suggestion the Commission Chairman will call on Rhee alone, as the President might talk more frankly with the Chairman alone than with the whole Commission. IRAN Ambassador Henderson in Tehran has expressed his discourage - ment at the current attitude of the British toward the Iranian problem as evidenced in the conditions which the British have attached to any acceptance on their part of our suggestion for operation of the oil in- dustry by some form of private international managing agency. Henderson is convinced that it will be extremely difficult to prevail in the near future on any Iranian Government to agree to an international managing agency unless it is clear that this agency is not, nor is likely to fall, under the domination of the British Government or any British company or group. The British insistence that they participate in the top level of personnel of the agency would render such a plan vulnerable to attacks by Iranian nationalists and anti-Western groups. Henderson feels furthermore that the British condition providing for "non-discrimination against British technicians" would be sure to strengthen Iranian suspicions that the UK with US support is trying to arrange to re-introduce British oil technicians in large numbers. TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION