Request by Clark for authority to try POWs and to counter increased military threat; settlement of the won currency advances question; possible courses of action in Korea, NSC 147; Operation Little Switch and the Chou En-Lai proposal


[461] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Korea

795.00/4–1553: Telegram


[462] The Ambassador in Korea (Briggs) to the Department of State

795.00/4–1553: Telegram


[463] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

795.00/4–1753: Telegram


[464] The Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Matthews files, lot 53 D 413: Telegram


[465] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State

795.00/4–1853: Telegram


[466] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union

795.00/4–1853: Telegram


[467] The Commander in Chief Far East (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Matthews files, lot 53 D 413: Telegram


[469] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Bohlen) to the Department of State

795.00/4–2053: Telegram


[470] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Murphy)

795.00/4–2153


[471] The Commander in Chief United Nations Command (Clark) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Matthews files, lot 53 D 413: Telegram


[472] The Chief of Staff United States Army (Collins) to the Commander in Chief Far East (Clark)

Matthews files, lot 53 D 413: Telegram


[473] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Japan

795.00/4–2253: Telegram


[475] President Eisenhower to the President of the Republic of Korea (Rhee)

Eisenhower Library, Eisenhower papers, Whitman file


[476] The Ambassador in Korea (Briggs) to the Department of State

795.00/4–2353: Telegram

  1. This telegram was received at the Department of State on Apr. 19 at 7:06 a.m. EST; the time of dispatch was Moscow time.