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

Lot 55D128: Black Book, Tab 79: Telegram

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

secret
operational immediate

Tokyo, 24 September 1951—6:55 p. m.

C–51508. Ref part 3, my C–51315.¹

1. UNC liaison offs met with Communist liaison group at Pan Mun Jom at 1000 I hours this date and after some discussion agreed to proceed to Kaesong to talk rather than to establish facilities locally.

2. UNC liaison off presented memorandum to Col Chang, Communist liaison off, proposing change of site. Chang disowned authority to discuss other than time and date as to when the delegations would reconvene at Kaesong. Our representative pointed out that UNC liaison offs were authorized to discuss conditions mutually satisfactory for resumption of negotiations including time and date, and informed the Communist liaison off that he would return to Kaesong at 1000 hours 25 Sep to receive the Communist answer on the proposal to change the site for future conferences.

1. Dated September 21, p. 925.