Lot 55D128: Black Book, Tab 69: Telegram
The Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Far East (Ridgway)
operational immediate
JCS 82147. From JCS.
1. If practicable, mtg of Liaison Ofcrs should be sooner than 1000, 24 Sep as proposed in your C 51315.
2. Also, second and third paras your reply to Communist msg of 19 Sep should be omitted and words “arbitrarily” and “obvious” should be omitted from first and third lines of fourth para.
3. Foregoing is intended to avoid public implication or impression [Page 928] that there is any intransigence on our side regarding resumption of negotiations.
4. While agreeing with part 3 as to initial approach by Liaison Ofcrs, we are still unwilling, for reasons given in JCS 80658, to agree to categorical refusal to negotiate further in Kaesong area.
5. Therefore, your position as to change of site should not be so pressed as to make it impracticable for you to shift to alternative such as mutual inspection of Kaesong neutralization.
- The source text indicated that this telegram was transmitted at 6:39 p. m. (EDT).↩