Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT (MAu) AAd)338 OFFICE OF 12065, Sec. 3-402 THE SECRETARY OF STATE E.O. Guidelines, March 9-9-83 6, 1982 WASHINGTON State By DEB Dept. NLT, Date March 18, 1952 TQP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS GERMANY Mr. Kohnstamm, the Dutch representative on the UN Com - mission on German Elections, told our Bonn mission on Sunday that the Commission does not intend to carry on any investigations in Germany unless it is given free and equal access in both zones to such persons and places and relevant documents as it may deem necessary. The Commission set forth its requirements in a memorandum yesterday to the Allied High Commission and the Federal Republic, and it will make the same requests to the Soviets and the East German authorities if the latter make any reply to the Commission's previous communication. Kohnstamm appears to be fully aware of the dangers inherent in any possible Communist attempt to persuade the Commission to promote East-West German talks, and he said that the Commission was resolved to adhere closely to its terms of reference and not to become involved in any way in a discussion of the peace treaty negotiations. If no reply is received from East Germany (and Kohnstamm does not now expect it, particularly in the light of Grotewohl's latest declaration) the Commission plans to return to Geneva on March 22 and will, after a reasonable delay, report to the UN Secretariat General that it was unable to gain entrance into East Germany. INDIA In a conversation with Ambassador Bowles over the week-end, Secretary General Bajpai of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, said that he had sent off two telegrams to Ambassador Panikkar in Peking instructing him to suggest to the Chinese Communists that if they were really suffering from an epidemic from whatever cause, the best solution was a truce in Korea and a coordinated all-out effort by other nations, in- cluding India, to get the epidemic under control. Panikkar was unable to talk with Chou En-lai personally, as he had been instructed to do, but spoke instead to Chou's deputy, Fou. Fou's reaction was merely to launch into another tirade against the US and to repeat the Chinese accusations of germ warfare which, said Bajpai, "even Panikkar was unwilling to swallow". Bajpai said that the charges were obviously ridiculous and he was deeply concerned over what lay behind them, particularly since only three weeks ago the Chinese Communist government was toning down its anti-American propaganda and was semingly desirous of a truce, and now had apparently shifted its strategy again. TOP SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION