740.0011 PW (Peace)/11–2349: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Korea
984. For Ambassador.1 For ur conf info, current thinking in Dept is that all nations which declared war or state of belligerency against Jap shld be party to Jap peace treaty. It is envisaged 13 FEC countries wld be actual negotiating powers, with remaining 38 nations to participate in consultative capacity.
Present draft makes no provision for inclusion ROK in either category.
Dept wld appreciate ur views urgently as to whether and to what extent provision shld be made for Korean participation in Jap treaty, in terms both of domestic political considerations and of probable substantive effect on negotiation of peace settlement.
- John J. Muccio.↩