740.00119 Control (Korea)/9–347: Telegram
The Political Adviser in Korea (Jacobs) to the Secretary of State
us urgent
312. Zurc 1101. Fifty-seventh session of Joint Commission afternoon September 3 lasted 3½ hours with Shtikov as chairman.
General Brown rejected Soviet counterproposals of August 26 in prepared statement, text of which is being telegraphed separately. (See Seoul’s 304, August 26 and Seoul’s 313, September 3). Shtikov said he would study statement when completely translated but on basis of oral translation he made three-quarter hour’s recital of hackneyed arguments in support of Soviet position to which General Brown did not reply.
Matter of joint report was then discussed but got nowhere in resolving difficulties which had arisen in Subcommission 1 because of Soviet contention that statements of American position with which they do not agree cannot be included in the joint report. It was finally agreed that Subcommission 1 would again attempt tomorrow to agree on a joint report.