Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Korea, Volume XXIII, Part 2

149. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions and Consular Offices ¹

Washington , May 25, 1956—5:39 p.m.

823. Tokyo also pass CINCUNC. Geneva for Johnson. Agreement reached meeting Sixteen May 25² proceed as follows in replying Communist note and removing NNSC south Korea.

1. British Chargé Peiping will deliver note replying on behalf Sixteen on or about May 28. Reply will reject conference proposal, state NNSC inequitable burden on UN side and that UNC will announce its position MAC.

2. Upon receipt confirmation British note delivered UNC will be instructed call MAC meeting and announce that it will provisionally suspend during time Communist side continues in default performance its part those provisions Armistice governing operations UNC area of NNSC and NNIT and that this suspension will be put into effect in about one week.

3. UN Command to be instructed telegraph report MAC meeting including full coverage Communist reaction. Four or five days following distribution this report to representatives Sixteen Washington Sixteen will meet consult re Communist reaction.

4. NNSC will be removed from UN Command Zone seven days following distribution MAC report Sixteen.

5. We intend inform Swiss and Swedes of reply Communist note and impending NNSC action same time note delivered Peiping. We will inform them Communist MAC reaction at same time Sixteen informed.

Dulles

1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 795.00/5–2556. Secret. Drafted by Nes and Brown and approved by Sebald. Sent to Addis Ababa, Ankara, Athens, Bangkok, Bogota, Bern, Brussels, Canberra, The Hague, London, Luxembourg, Ottawa, Manila, Paris, Seoul, Stockholm, Taipei, Wellington, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Geneva, and USUN.
2. A memorandum of conversation at the May 25 meeting, drafted by Brown on May 28, is ibid., UNP Files: Lot 64 D 167, Gen Corresp.