96. Telegram 516 from Geneva1
516. From Johnson.
Reference penultimate para Mytels 500 and 504. Following is text of draft agreed announcement which I would propose to Wang in event recess agreed upon.
“During the course of the talks being conducted by the Ambassadors of the USA and the PRC, it has become evident that a certain period of time will be required before it will be possible to agree on a satisfactory solution to agenda item one. Therefore it has been agreed that their next meeting will be held (blank). This will also give the two Ambassadors an opportunity to attend to affairs at their regular posts. It is hoped that at the next meeting it will be possible to reach a mutually acceptable settlement of the problems raised in the discussion of agenda item one so that the Ambassadors can proceed to agenda item two.”
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.93/8–1755. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution.↩