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TOP 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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