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

Lot 55D128: Black Book, Tab 108: Telegram

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

secret   priority

Tokyo, 16 November 1951—9:55 p. m.

CX–57415. 1. In sub-delegation meeting of 16 Nov Communists spent day in attempting to prove illegality of UNC proposal and to obtain information on where UNC was willing to stop fighting. They evaded all attempts to get reasonable or clear answers to such questions as: What is purpose of provisional zone, do you expect a cease fire after agreement on item 2 alone, length of time provisional zone to be effective, would final line of contact become the final military demarcation line under their proposal.

2. At propitious time during meeting of 17 Nov or as soon thereafter as opportune sub-delegation will present position outlined in JCS 86804.¹

1. Dated November 13, p. 1126.