Office of the Historian

396.1 GE/3–1754: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom1

confidential
Washington, March 17, 1954—7:39 p.m.

4792. Re Moscow’s 1086 rptd London 157 Paris 216.2 Seek concurrence FonOff that tripartite coordination of views should take place Washington to reach agreement on arrangements to be made with UN re facilities and services to be provided at Geneva for Korean Political Conference. Results of tripartite consultation could then be transmitted to Soviets at Moscow in reply to Soviet aide-mémoire set forth in reftel. Since UN has been pressing us almost daily re use Palais des Nations bldg, we are informally letting UNSYG know tripartite agreement has been reached with Soviets on use that building and that as agreement on related matters is reached he will be kept informed by one of the three governments.

Dulles
  1. Drafted by Eddy of UNA and Thurston of EE. Repeated to Paris as telegram 3209 and to Moscow as telegram 582.↩
  2. Dated Mar. 17, p. 38.↩