Lot 55D128: Black Book, Tab 10: Telegram
The Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Ridgway) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
operational immediate
C–52858. Fol is CINCUNC Adv HNC 347.
“As indicated in HNC 345,1 at meeting of liaison offs this date Communist liaison offs referred to Kim-Peng letter of 9 Oct as constituting terms of ref for liaison meetings. They are willing to discuss prelim arrangements nec for resumption of conf by delegates. However, they gave indications that they are not authd to discuss other matters contained in our proposed agreement. I will instruct liaison offs to press for agreement on all pnts contained in UNC proposal for the next few days. If agreement cannot be reached on all pnts at liaison [Page 1037] level I intend to ‘have-delegation meet with Communist delegation to arrive at agreements on remaining issues and to present new UNC proposal on item 2. UNC delegates, of course, will not meet with Communist delegates until our scty forces have occupied high ground east of Pan Mun Jom and liaison offs of both sides have agreed to the acceptance of the conf meeting place as the geometric center of the Tan Mun Jom Conf Site’. Sgd Joy”.