Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, Korea, Volume VII

795.00/11–850

Memorandum to the Assistant Secretary of State for United Nations Affairs (Hickerson)¹

[ Washington ,] November 8, 1950.

Following are two paragraphs which Mr. Gross has just drafted with Chauvel and Jebb. They would go in place of the “Affirms” paragraph of our Resolution.² Mr. Gross said that if we could agree to this, the French would withdraw their draft Resolution on the dams³ and become co-sponsors of our Resolution:

• “1. Affirms that it is the policy of the UN to hold the Chinese frontier with Korea inviolate and fully to protect Chinese legitimate interests in the frontier zone;
• “2. Calls attention to the grave danger which continued intervention by Chinese forces in Korea would entail for the maintenance of such a policy.”

1. The memorandum was prepared by Mildred S. Studds of the Bureau of United Nations Affairs.
2. See telegram 482, November 7, 7 p. m., to New York, p. 1093.
3. The French draft resolution, not printed, was not formally submitted to the Security Council. It would have invited the attention of the Unified Command, with due consideration for the necessities of military safety resulting from adverse military action originating along the Yalu River, to take all necessary measures to prevent any damage to the installations of economic importance built along that river. (795.00/11–850)