740.00119 Control (Korea)/9–2647
Memorandum by the State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee to the Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SWN–5694
The following has been received from the State Member, State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee:1
“In view of the continuing stalemate in the Joint Commission in Korea and in view of the recent Soviet refusal to participate in Four Power Consultations in Washington on proposals for the early achievement of the aims of the Moscow Agreement, the State Department is currently considering what further steps should be taken to implement U. S. policy in Korea. In order that such consideration may include the basic elements, the State Department requests, as a matter of urgency, the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding the interest of the U. S. in military occupation of South Korea from the point of view of the military security of the United States.”
It is requested that the views of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the above be obtained as a matter of urgency and forwarded to the Secretary, State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee.
- Charles E. Saltzman.↩