740.00119 Control (Korea)/6–2847: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Political Adviser in Korea (Jacobs)
u.s. urgent
135. Urtel 176, June 28. Dept fully agrees your view as to seriousness of Soviet position in Subcommission on June 27 that all parties opposing trusteeship should be excluded from consultation. Dept believes there can be no compromise on this issue. As stated in Secretary’s letter to Molotov of May 2 the US Govt holds that representatives of Korean parties and social organizations “shall not be excluded from consultation with the Commission on the formation of a provisional Korean government because of opinion they might hold or may have expressed in the past concerning the future government of their country, provided they are prepared to cooperate with the Commission.” Dept concurs in position of American members reported last para urtel and authorizes you to stand firm on this point.