Editorial Note
On October 22, 1948, Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Shih-Chieh, who headed the Chinese Delegation to the Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly, then meeting in Paris, addressed a letter on the Korean situation to Secretary of State Marshall. Foreign Minister Wang pointed out that it was the position of his Delegation that the Government of the Korean Republic should be recognized as the legal government entitled to the assistance of the United Nations in its efforts to obtain Korean unification, that the United Nations Commission on Korea should be continued, and that representatives of the North Korean regime not be permitted to appear before the General Assembly. Foreign Minister Wang expressed the conviction that the premature withdrawal of American troops from Korea would prejudice the viability of the Republic of Korea and would be interpreted by the Soviet Union and by nations in the Far East as a sign of weakness (501.BB Korea/10–2248).