Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Korea and China, Volume VII, Part 2

Editorial Note

On July 10, Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway, Commander in Chief of the United Nations Forces in Korea, met with representatives of the Chinese and North Korean forces in Korea at Kaesong, to begin discussions intended to bring about an armistice. For documentation concerning the talks at Kaesong and the developments leading to their initiation, see pages 636 ff.