Office of the Historian

795.00/7–2653: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Korea1

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priority
Washington, July 26, 1953—5:08 p.m.

70. Personal Briggs from Secretary. Assuming armistice signed, please promptly communicate with Rhee re possible conference with me to precede special meeting of UN Assembly which will probably be [Page 1442] held around mid-August. Suggest week of August 3. Have heretofore suggested meeting some intermediate place such as Guam in order to avoid Japan. But if President Rhee finds this difficult would come to Korea. Would probably invite two Senators, one Republican and one Democrat to accompany me to conclude negotiation of security pact, if Rhee desires to handle this concurrently with discussions about political conference. However, my stay would have to be limited to three or four days in order to get back in time to reflect our conclusions in UN Assembly.

Dulles
  1. This telegram was drafted by Dulles.↩