Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Korea and China, Volume VII, Part 1

Editorial Note

On January 30, at the conclusion of two days of meetings in Washington, President Truman and French Prime Minister René Pleven issued a joint statement, the text of which is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1951, page 128. Their discussions dealt with problems relating to the Far East, principally Indochina, Europe, Atlantic defense, and economic matters. Concerning Korea, the joint statement expressed agreement on the need for continued resistance to aggression until an honorable solution could be found, as well as the need for preventing hostilities from spreading beyond Korea. For full documentation on the Franco-American talks of January 29–30, see the compilation on France in volume IV.