Draft Statement for President Harry S. Truman

This Statement from Secretary of State but President did not make it RAC SECRET DECLASSIFIED E.0. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 SEORET By NLT- HC NARS, Date 4-22-11 DRAFT STATEMENT I make the following statement as Chief Executive of the Govern- ment requested by the United Nations to exercise the Unified Command in Korea, and after full consultation with United Nations Governments contributing combat forces in support of the United Nations in Korea. United Nations forces in Korea are engaged in repelling the aggression committed first on June 25, 1950 by North Korean forces against the Republic of Korea and subsequently by Chinese Communist forces against the United Nations. The aggressors have been driven back with heavy losses to the general vicinity from which the unlawful attack was first launched last June. There remains the problem of restoring international peace and security in the area in accordance with the terms of the Security Council resolution of June 27, 1950. The spirit and principles of the United Nations Charter require that every effort be made to pre- vent the spread of hostilities and to avoid the prolongation of the misery and the loss of life for which the aggressors are responsible. There is a basis for restoring peace and security in the area which should be acceptable to all unless the aggressors are determined to continue their aggression at whatever cost. The Unified Command is prepared to enter into arrangements which would assure the ending of the aggression, would conclude the fighting and ensure against its resumption. Such arrangements would open the SEORET