209. Memorandum to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Cutler)1
Washington
,
March 29,
1957.
SUBJECT
- New Equipment for U.S. Forces in Korea
- 1.
- In response to your letter of March 16, 19572 we attach a list of proposed new equipment for U.S. Forces in Korea.
- 2.
- The Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff believe that, in consonance with U.S. policy to provide U.S. Forces with a selective and flexible [less than 1 line of source text not declassified] capability, all items on the attached list should now be approved for the modernization of U.S. Forces in Korea. [2-1/2 lines of source text not declassified]
- 3.
- The Department of State believes that under a liberal interpretation of Article 13(d) of the Armistice Agreement we may replace obsolete and worn-out equipment with new items “as close in effectiveness and type as consistent with modern standards of production”. [2-1/2 lines of source text not declassified] Accordingly, the Department has been willing to approve all items on the attached list except two: the 280 mm “Atomic Cannon” and the 762 mm “Honest John” atomic rocket.
Robert R.
Bowie
3
Assistant Secretary of State
Mansfield D. Sprague
Assistant Secretary of Defense (ISA)
F.W.
Farrell
Lt. General, USA
Special Assistant to the JCS for NSC Affairs
- Source: Department of State, S/P Files: Lot 62 D 1, Korea, US Policy Toward (NSC 5702, 5702/1, 5702/2). Secret. Drafted by Leonhart of S/P.↩
- Reference is to Document 206.↩
- Printed from a copy that bears these typed signatures.↩
- Secret.↩