795.00/7–850: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
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[Received July 8—1:55 p. m.]
77. Eyes only for the Secretary. While proposed instructions to Kelly (London’s 156, July 8), are generally along line Deptel 83, July 7, I am apprehensive that they may not go far enough and may put us in the bargaining position we wish to avoid as forseen in paragraph two of Deptel 83. If Kelly confines himself to terms SC resolutions and then directly asks Gromyko for proposals, it seems to us almost certain Gromyko will respond with some sort of price, as a minimum the seating of Commie China (paragraph 3 London’s 156). If we are all correct in assuming that Soviets are trying to bail maximum prestige out of a bad situation with minimum losses, we ourselves should be the ones to obtain concessions from them.
I feel it important, therefore, that Kelly should include condition that Soviets give assurances they will support effective implementation UNGA recommendations re work of UNCOK after cessation of hostilities, before he asks Gromyko’s views. This seems to have been in the Department’s mind (Deptel 83) as it was in ours (Embtel 55, July 6) and the groundwork has already been laid by Kelly in his references to UNCOK in his first meeting.
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