Office of the Historian

Korean reconstruction; the Dulles trip to Korea and the mutual defense treaty; preliminary negotiations for the Korean political conference—the Dean mission; the Nixon visit to Korea and Rhee’s promise not to act unilaterally; formulation and consideration of NSC 167 and 170 series; failure of the Dean negotiations; South Korean-Indian friction and the release of the remaining non-repatriate POWs; Berlin Conference and the shift from Panmunjom to Geneva

[786] The Ambassador in Korea (Briggs) to the Department of State

Seoul, November 2, 1953—7 p.m.

795.00/11–253: Telegram

[788] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Washington, November 4, 1953.

JCS records, CCS 383.21 Korea (3–19–45)

[789] The Secretary of State to the Representative for the Korean Political Conference (Dean)

Washington, November 4, 1953—11 a.m.

795.00/11–453: Telegram

[791] The Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Hull) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tokyo, November 4, 1953—4:42 p.m.

795.00/11–453: Telegram

[792] The Secretary of State to the Vice President

Washington, November 4, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 167 Series

[793] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Korea

Washington, November 5, 1953—6:59 p.m.

795.00/11–253: Telegram

[795] Report by the Executive Secretary (Lay) to the National Security Council

Washington, November 6, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 167/2 Series

[797] Draft Report by the National Security Planning Board of the National Security Council

Washington, November 9, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 170 Series

[798] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Bowie) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] November 12, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 170 Series

[800] Draft Telegram From the Vice President to the Secretary of State

[Seoul, November 13, 1953]

795B.00/11–1953

[801] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Washington, 17 November 1953.

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Korea, 1953”

[802] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] November 18, 1953.

S/S—NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 170 Series

[803] The Vice President to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, November 19, 1953—1 p.m.

795.00/11–1953: Telegram

[805] Report by the Executive Secretary (Lay) to the National Security Council

Washington, November 20, 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 170/1

[807] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (Wilson)

Washington, 27 November 1953.

S/S–NSC files, lot 63 D 351, NSC 170 Series

[809] The Secretary of State to the Representative for the Korean Political Conference (Dean)

Washington, December 2, 1953—6:19 p.m.

795.00/12–153: Telegram

[813] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations

Washington, December 6, 1953—1:49 p.m.

695A.0024/12–653: Telegram

[814] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Lodge) to the Department of State

New York, December 6, 1953—8 p.m.

795.00/12–653: Telegram

  1. There was no time of transmission indicated on this telegram, which was received at the Department of State at 3:20 a.m., Nov. 7.↩
  2. The source text did not indicate the time of transmission of this telegram, which was received at the Department of State at 2:22 a.m., Nov. 13.↩
  3. There was no time of transmission indicated on this telegram, which was received at the Department of State at 12:59 p.m., Dec. 1.↩