343. Letter 24 from Clough to Johnson1
There is enclosed a copy of a letter from General Erskine to Mr. Robertson concerning the possibility of rendering an accounting to Wang of Chinese personnel from the Korean War should he demand it. As you will note, General Erskine says that we are still prepared to render such an accounting if Wang will respond to our demands. He also refers to suggestions being prepared in Defense regarding a possible position for us to take in the Geneva talks. We will study these when they arrive and pass along to you any that may seem useful.
We have your report on the November 3 meeting, but haven’t yet had the time to give it and your draft Agreed Announcement the study that they deserve. As usual, everybody is swamped around here. I expect that Bill Sebald, Walter McConaughy and I will get together tomorrow (Saturday) morning and discuss future moves. Walter hopes to get a letter off to you Monday which you should receive when you return from Prague.
Best regards,
Deputy Director for Chinese Affairs
Enclosure:
Letter from General Erskine, November 1, 1955.
- Source: Department of State, Geneva Talks Files, Lot 72D415. Secret; Official–Informal.↩