357.AD/12–950: Telegram
The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Secretary of State
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[Received December 9—5:45 p. m.]
Delga 397. Re Asian draft Korean peace plan. Below is draft plan dated December 5 and marked secret which was delivered to office of Gross in his absence this afternoon by Lopez, Philippines delegation. Marginal note in pencil on paragraph d on draft states “General Romulo objects to this paragraph”. Lopez did not divulge origin of draft text. Covering note addressed to Gross and signed by Lopez is as follows:
Covering memo: “General Romulo, who is now in Washington, has asked me to show this general plan of a resolution to you. He doesn’t know whether you have already seen it, and would only like to know your general reaction. The plan is tentative and, at this stage, unofficial.
I would appreciate a chance to have a word with you after the close of today’s meeting.”
Draft plans: “It is significant that in his speech before the SC, the Chinese representative at no time made reference to United Nations intervention in Korea as such, but restricted himself to charges against the United States and their intentions towards China. It might be well in this emergency for the UN, in taking note of this fact, to proceed as follows:
[Page 1489]1. Repudiate in the strongest possible terms the charges levied by China against the US, re-emphasizing emphatically that the US action was taken at the request and as part of combined UN action and with its full endorsement and approval, which in every sense has United Nations backing.
2. Nevertheless, as illustrative of its determined intention to preserve world peace and to demonstrate the baselessness of the Chinese contention, and to bring an end to aggression, United Nations enunciates as follows:
- (a)
- There will be an immediate cease fire in Korea.
- (b)
- China will be requested to withdraw her troops from Korea and to cease concentrations of troops on Korean borders forthwith.
- (c)
- UN will release US forces from participation in the United Nations force in Korea, and will request the US to withdraw all her troops immediately.
- (d)
- The US will be requested also, to withdraw its fleet from Formosa simultaneously with the withdrawal of its forces from Korea, since with the cessation of hostilities in Korea, the commitments made by the US for the retention of its fleet in Formosa will have been fulfilled.
- (e)
- The Government of South Korea would be requested to disarm its armed forces immediately and North Korean troops will likewise disarm forthwith; both to the satisfaction and under the supervision of a UN disarmament commission.
- (f)
- A UN force of limited armament drawn from six member nations and not to exceed 50,000 men, without air or naval elements, will be retained by the UN in Korea as an internal security force. In addition a Korean police force of 25,000 will be maintained for like security purposes.
- (g)
- UN observers will be stationed along the seaboards of Korea and along the borders of adjoining territories to assure that no infringement of the above provisions takes place.
- (h)
- UNCURK will proceed to organize the holding of elections throughout Korea within six months of the cease fire order.
- (i)
- Within three months of the holding of elections, the UN security force will be withdrawn from Korea and the duly elected all Korean Government will take its own steps to organize its own internal security forces.
- (j)
- Within twelve months of the cease fire order and within three months after the withdrawal of the UN security forces, UNCURK will withdraw from Korea.
- (k)
- Immediately after the cease fire order and for such period as might be necessary to achieve its mandate, UNKRA will operate throughout Korea to bring relief and rehabilitation assistance to the Korean peoples.
3. The United Nations will announce categorically that in the event of any parties failing to carry out the above UN rulings, immediately, then such party will immediately be declared an aggressor and a threat to world peace and the full strength of UN forces and armament of any description will forthwith be brought to bear [Page 1490] against them to the end that the aggression shall be thwarted and stopped.”1
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The Department of State sent the following reply in telegram Gadel 174, December 9, 9 p. m., to New York:
“Re urtel 397, Dec. 9, you shld at once inform Lopez US Govt unwilling accept any polit or other conditions to any cease fire proposal. If cease fire established US of course willing participate formally or informally in UN peaceful processes for settlement outstanding Far Eastern issues but naturally unwilling pay any price for start of such talks or make any advance commitment re its position on subjs which might be raised in such talks.” (357.AD/12–950)
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