First Committee Consideration of Draft Resolutions; The Menon Proposal and Ensuing Negotiations; Truman’s Approval of a FINAL Position on the Menon Proposal; Acceptance of the Revised Proposal by the General Assembly; Rejection by the People’s Republic of China and North Korea


[348] The Ambassador in India (Bowles) to the Department of State

795.00/11–2652: Telegram


[349] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

320/11–2652: Telegram


[350] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

320/11–2652: Telegram


[351] Memorandum by John Foster Dulles to Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, Korea


[352] Memorandum by John Foster Dulles to Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eisenhower Library, Dulles papers, Korea


[354] The Secretary of State to the Department of State

320/11–2852: Telegram


[355] The Ambassador in India (Bowles) to the Department of State

795.00/11–3052: Telegram


[357] The Ambassador in India (Bowles) to the Department of State

795.00/12–252: Telegram


[358] Resolution 610 (VII), Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, December 3, 1952

Source: Reprinted from American Foreign Policy, 1950–1955: Basic Documents, vol. II, pp. 2651–2654.

In the plenary session of the General Assembly on Dec. 3, the revised Indian draft was adopted by an overwhelming majority. The final version was identical with that approved in the First Committee, with one exception: an amendment adopted by a separate vote which added the phrase “so that an immediate cease-fire would result and be effected” in the paragraph requesting the President of the Assembly to communicate the proposals to the People’s Republic of China and to North Korea. The Soviet representative submitted to the Assembly amendments and a draft resolution identical to those he submitted in the First Committee, but they were rejected by the Assembly by large margins. For a report of the session, see UN document A/PV.399.


[359] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Department of State

320/12–652: Telegram


[360] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Department of State

320/12–652: Telegram


[361] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations

320/12–652: Telegram


[362] The United States Representative at the United Nations (Austin) to the Department of State

320/12–1352: Telegram


[365] Paper Prepared by Charles C. Stelle of the Policy Planning Staff

PPS files, lot 64 D 563, “Korea”


[367] The Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (Clark) to the Department of the Army

FE files, lot 55 D 128: Telegram


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

695A.0024/12–2552: Telegram