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The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in India
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519. Reurtel 844, Oct 6. Dept concurs with ur comments to Bajpai on Nehru’s scheme.
If Bajpai returns to matter you shld take sympathetic line and get full development Ind thought. US agreement wld require gov action, hence you must refer. Of course (b) urtel 844 presents the practical problem of who wld contribute and support forces which had not participated in fighting. US wld heartily welcome participation of Indian troops in difficult task of occupation. With respect to (c) resolution now before GA provides for all constituent acts necessary to unify the country including holding of elections. Believed such matters as timing and extent of elections best be left to judgment of UN Commission. However, as you stated, view of US that illogical to accord same treatment to lawful Govt of ROK as to North Kor aggressors. While we believe that maximum of Indian cooperation shld be encouraged, difficult to perceive basis for Indian belief that such scheme shld be worked out by impractical method of agreement with Chi rather than within established framework of UN.