Office of the Historian

230. Telegram From Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson to the Department of State1

Geneva, January 19, 1957—3 p.m.

710. Desultory two hour forty minute meeting this morning with nothing new except my presentation missing military personnel item2 to which he responded along same lines as in 1955.

In prepared opening statement Wang reviewed course of talks along standard lines leading up to reiteration next move up to US. He stuck to this position throughout give and take. No implication intent their part break off.

When I proposed February 7 for next meeting, he suggested February 14 which I accepted.

In course implementation discussion, Wang handed me name address Chinese allegedly forced by US to Taiwan against will: Lee Li-Chuen (characters not received), 45 Ludlow Street, Apartment 2, New York 2, N.Y.

[Johnson]
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/1–1957. Confidential; Priority; Limit Distribution.↩
  2. In guidance telegram 736 to Geneva, January 15, Johnson was instructed to: “Renew demand for accounting by Chinese Communists for missing military personnel. Frame demand in terms broad enough encompass both personnel missing from Korean War and other US military personnel missing from aircraft lost vicinity of China.” (Ibid., 611.93/1–1557)↩