740.00119 Control (Korea)/6–1146: Telegram
Lieutenant General John R. Hodge to the Secretary of State
[Received June 11—5:12 p.m.]
Tfgcg 409 [to Tokyo]. Unless State Dept has taken or is taking some action toward reconvening US-Soviet Joint Commission which would be out of consonance to action proposed herein, I propose to write to Gen Chistiakov, Comdr, 25 Red Army, along following line:
Invite attn to my letter of 9 May suggesting a personal interview which has not been answered, and invite him to return his delegation to resume negotiations toward consummation of the Moscow decision under principles of freedom of expression set forth in the Atlantic Charter.
In view of increasing restlessness of Korean people, will appreciate early reply to this proposal and to previous queries concerning what if any steps are contemplated on a higher level.21
- In an undated telegram, received July 13, 4:15 a.m., General Hodge informed the Department that he had sent a new letter to General Chistiakov, as no replies had come to his letters of May 9 and June 14. He stated that the U.S. delegation would be ready to reconvene on 10 days’ notice and reiterated his desire to continue the work of the Commission at an early date on conditions previously given. (740.00119 Control (Korea)/7–1346) For texts of correspondence between General Hodge and General Chistiakov, see Department of State publication 2933, Korea’s Independence (1947), pp. 20 ff.↩