740.00119 Control (Korea)/6–1947: Telegram
Lieutenant General John R. Hodge to the Secretary of State
160. Cite Zurc 518. 34th meeting of Joint Commission held p.m. 18 June, General Brown, Chairman. Jacobs1 was introduced as succeeding [Page 675] Langdon and Jones as succeeding Joyner.2 Detailed agenda and arrangements approved for formal meeting on 25 June. Provision made for maximum of 300 invited delegates and 200 guest spectators in addition to press. Program entirely formal and will include music by US Army band and address by General Brown. Text of address not yet completely agreed in Subcommission 1.
Anticipated that General Shtikov will give address in Pyongyang on 30 June identical to address of General Brown in Seoul on 25 June.
General Brown stated that about 260 organizations had picked up questionnaires in South Korea.3 Soviet had no information from North Korea on this matter, but expect it on June 19 when Lebedeff is due to return from Pyongyang to Seoul.
Joint bulletin was agreed. Text will be sent in separate radio.4
- For appointment of Joseph E. Jacobs as Political Adviser in Korea, see Department press release of May 29, Department of State Bulletin, June 15, 1947, p. 1178. For Department press release on Joint Commission’s procedure to consult Koreans, issued June 12, see ibid., June 22, 1947, p. 1247.↩
- Calvin N. Joyner had been assisting with economic matters.↩
- In telegram 168, June 24, from Seoul, the number who filed applications was given as 423, “predominantly rightist although one large rightist group, the Rapid Realization Youth Party, did not file an application” (740.00119 Control (Korea)/6–2447)↩
- Telegram 161 not printed.↩