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DRAFT MESSAGE
OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
ID#
TO:
CINCFE, TOKYO JAPAN
FROM: JCS
Following message is in three parts and refers to your
radios CX 66183, CX 66188, CX 66160, and C 66126 and c 66128.
PART I. With reference to your CX 66183, the version
transmitted in Mandarin from Peiping, as translated in
Washington before Peiping broadcast in English, is in
agreement with version later transmitted in English from
Peiping, and is accepted as official by State and Defense.
It reads as follows: "Your statement of June 30 this year
concerning peace talks has been received. We are authorized
to inform you that we agree to meet your representative for
conducting talks concerning cessation of military action and
establishment of peace. We propose that the place of meeting
be in the area of Kaesong on the thirty-eighth parallel; if
you agree, our representatives are prepared to meet your
representatives between July 10 and 15, 1951. "
PART II. Your reply to Kim Il Sung and Peng Teh-Huai
should be along the following lines:
"I have received your reply to my message of 30 June.
"NATIONAL AND A
I am prepared for my representatives to meet yours
RECORDS
SERVICE"
at Kaesong on July 10 or at an earlier date if your
e
representatives complete their preparations before that date.
"Since agreement on armistice terms has to precede
cessation of hostilities, delay in initiating the meetings
and in reaching agreement will prolong the fighting and
increase the losses."
DECLASSIFIED
PROTECT
as LTC. 11.21.78
BYMTH- NARS, Date 3.1.79
$81729
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