795.00/6–1053: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Korea1
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775. Personal for Briggs. Repeated Tokyo 2885, personal for Murphy and Clark. You are authorized in your discretion and in consultation with CINCUNC to inform President Rhee that President Eisenhower has several times expressed the thought that there would be a better and more acceptable understanding by him of the President’s purpose in seeking an armistice if they could sit down together and talk things over personally. The President could then make unmistakably clear his determination to seek by peaceful means the unification of Korea and could explain that he considers this an actual possibility, not a mirage. Also, the matter of a security pact and economic aid could then be discussed in greater detail. You could inform President Rhee that if he feels disposed to accept such an invitation, you are confident that President Eisenhower would sympathetically consider promptly extending it.
- This telegram was drafted by Dulles and Johnson.↩