Office of the Historian

501.BB Korea/6–448: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Political Adviser in Korea (Jacobs)1

confidential
Washington, June 4, 1948—4 p. m.

172. In recent conversation with rep of Dept, Harry of Australian Emb stated: (1) that his Govt is far from satisfied with handling of Korean elections; (2) that there is considerable evidence of police pressure in connection therewith; (3) that in his opinion UNTCOK may take position that elections were only provincial and not national [Page 1216] in scope; and (4) that latter point will at least be made in minority report of UNTCOK.

Marshall
  1. Repeated as 118 to Canberra.↩