320/10–250: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting Secretary of State

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Delga 63. Following is unofficial text of draft resolution submitted in committee 1 today1 by delegations of USSR, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia:

“Mindful of the fact that the valid aspirations of the Korean people for the establishment of a unified, independent and democratic Korean state have not yet been fulfilled;

“Having in mind that the principal task of the UNO is to bring about by peaceful means, and in accordance with the principles of international law and justice, the settlement of disputes which might lead to a breach of universal peace;

“Pursuing the aim of settling peacefully the problem of Korea and re-establishing peace and security in the Far East:

“The GA recommends:

  • “1. To the belligerents in Korea that they immediately cease hostilities.
  • “2. To the government of the US and the governments of other states that they immediately withdraw their troops from Korea and thereby establish conditions which would secure for the Korean people the possibility of enjoying the inalienable sovereign right to settle freely the internal affairs of their state.
  • “3. That after the withdrawal of foreign troops and for the purpose of establishing a government of a unified and independent Korean state, all-Korean elections to a national assembly be held as soon as possible on the basis of an expression of the free will of the population of all Korea.
  • “4. A parity commission composed of North and South Korea shall be elected at a joint assembly of the deputies of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the PDR of Korea and of the National Assembly of South Korea to organize and conduct free all-Korean elections to the national assembly of all Korea.
  • “The joint assembly shall also elect an interim all-Korean committee to carry out the functions of governing the country and to operate pending the election of the all-Korean national assembly and the establishment of a permanent all-Korean government.
  • “5. That a UN committee, with the indispensable participation in it of the representatives of states bordering on Korea, be established to observe the holding of free all-Korean elections to the national assembly.
  • “6. That for the purpose of rehabilitating Korean national economy which has suffered from the war the ECOSOC urgently draw up, with the participation of the representatives of Korea, plans for providing the necessary economic and technical aid to the Korean people through the UNO.
  • “7. That after the establishment of the all-Korean government the SC consider the question of admitting Korea to membership of the UNO.”
Acheson
  1. See the editorial note, p. 834.