Lot 55D128: Black Book, Tab 29: Telegram
The Advance Headquarters of the United Nations Command, Korea, to the Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Ridgway)
HNC 385.1. The following letter in Korean was delivered by Communist Liaison Officer to Lt Col Edwards, UNC at Pan Mun Jom at 1000 hours this date:
“23 Oct 51: To: Vice Admiral Joy, senior delegate, United Nations Comd Delegation.
“I have received your letter of 22 Oct and the attached four signed copies of the agreement (two English two Korean).1
“It has already been two months since the incident of 22 Aug which caused the suspension of delegates negotiations. So that, under the strict provisions of the new agreement and understandings such incidents as your side’s continuously violating the agreement for two months will not arise again, and so as to prevent obstruction to the progress of the delegates negotiations, the senior delegate of the Korean People’s Army and Chinese People’s Volunteers delegation, acting with authority, has ratified ‘The agreements between liaison officers of both sides on matters concerning resumption of conference by the delegations of both sides.’ I have signed the four copies of this [Page 1061] agreement of the liaison officers of both sides bearing your signature which you inclosed in your letter of 22 Oct. I here inclose two signed copies of the agreement (one each in Korean and English) and one copy in Chinese. I also formally agree to adhere to the five mutual understandings reached by the liaison officers of both sides.
“You have already indicated in your letter of 22 Oct that you agree to adhere to these understandings. Since 19 Sep our commanders have repeatedly proposed that the conference of both delegations be resumed promptly.
“In order not to delay further the conference of both delegations I propose that the delegations of both sides resume the conference at 11 A M 25 Oct.
“(Signed) Nam Il General Nam Il Senior Delegate Korean People’s Army and Chinese People’s Volunteers Delegation”
2. Communists will be notified that UNC delegation will resume conference at 1100 hours 25 Oct.
- At the time of delivery of Admiral Joy’s letter (not printed), Colonel Kinney had informed Colonel Chang of the intention of the U.N. Command to occupy the high ground east of Panmunjom in order to eliminate the possibility of incidents from that quarter (Hermes, Truce Tent and Fighting Front, p. 50).↩