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Lot 55D128: Black Book, Tab 39: Telegram

The Commander in Chief, Far East (Ridgway) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

secret
operational immediate
Tokyo, July 8, 1951—6:46 p. m.

C–66608. Our Liaison Group established contact with Communist Liaison Group at 080933K.1 Conference during day interrupted for 1 period of 3 hours to permit Communist Group to obtain instructions from superiors. Our group returned Munsan-Ni at 081640K.2

Agreements reached as follows:

1.
Date for first conference 10 July 1951. Conference to be held in private residence in North Central Kaesong.
2.
Communist Delegation for first conference to be: General Nam Il, North Korean Army,3 Major General Lee Sang Cho, North Korean Army,4 General Tung Hua, Chinese Communist Forces,5 General Hsieh Fang, Chinese Communist Forces.6
3.
Communist Liaison Group agreed to composition of our delegation to first conference, including service support.
4.
Communist group assured the security of UN Delegation in Kaesong area.
5.
Agreement reached for Eighth Army to clear and improve road from Munsan-Ni to Pangmunjom (BT 950033). Communist will clear road Pangmunjom to Kaesong.
6.
Both participants to guarantee security of conference personnel in Kaesong area and enroute thereto when vehicles marked by white flags. Attitude of Communist Liaison Gp reported cooperative.

  1. The time indicated here was 9:33 a. m., Korean time, on July 8.↩
  2. i.e., July 8, 4:40 p. m., Korean time.↩
  3. General Nam Il was Chief of Staff of the North Korean Army and Deputy Prime Minister of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea.↩
  4. Chief of the Reconnaissance Bureau of the North Korean Army.↩
  5. Commander of the 15th Army Group, People’s Liberation Army.↩
  6. Chief of Propaganda, Northeast Military District of China.↩