Evening star., 1951-06-06
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lferred to in the resolution, knowr
Jas the Good Oftlces Committee
Ito the Chinese Communists max.
ling suggestions for an armistic,
lof troops. The provisions of tn,
larmistice were not set out in de.
Itail, but they were provided b!
Jour Joint Chiefs of Staff for tn,
Igroup in the U. N.
That was rejected by the Chi.
nese Communists. They refused
to have anything to do with it.
On the 18th OF January there
was filed in the First Committee
|of the General Assembly supple
Imentary report of the group on
cease fire in Korea. That re-
port stated that in going at a
cease fire and armistice, there
were five principles which were
regarded as sound, and those five
principles were set forth by this
report.
On the 18th of January there
was a resolution introduced into
the First Committee which in
vited the chairman of the First
Committee through the secretary
general to transmit the principles
approved by it on 13 January to
the Central Peoples Government
OF the Peoples Republic of China
and invited them to inform him
as soon as possible whether they
accepted these principles as the
basis for the peaceful settlement
OF the Korean and other Far East
Iern problems, and on receipt of
the reply the chairman was to
convene the committee to consider
that reply.
Adopted by Large Vote.
The approval of these principles
and the approval of the draft reso-
luton which have just read came
up on the 18th of January and
was adopted by large vote, the
United States voting in favor of
lit.
dn response to Chairman
RusselPs query, Mr.. Acheson
read the five principles for a
cease-flre as contained in the U.
N. resolution. The statement
called for an immediate cessa-
ton of fighting in Korea to per-
NIT consideration of a peaceful
settlement of the entire situa-
ton. A main objective was to
have been the unification of Ko-
rea under a government based
on free popular elections and
the withdrawal of all non-Ko-
rean troops from the country.)
Chairman Russell-Mr. Secre-
tary, if we have had as a consist
ent policy the denial of represen-
tation in the United Nations to
Communist China. and to prevent
Formosa from falling into hostile
hands, why did we or our repre-
Sentatives support that resolution
in the United Nations?
Secretary Acheson-Mr. Chair
man, our representatives supported
lit in the first instance because the
State Department directed that
we should vote for 1t.
AS we interpreted it, and as we
interpret now, what these prin-
ciples were, it was that having
restored peace. and stopped the
aggression in Korea, we were then
lreyerting to the situation which
existed before in which all ques-
Itions could be and should be dis
cussed in the United Nations.
The question of the representa-
tion Of China in the United Ma
tions had been discussed before
that, and there was no reason why
it should not be discussed again
after the aggression stopped.
Similarly, the President had
suggested the future of Formosa
should be considered in the
United Nations, and we thought
that after the aggression stopped
that was the place where it should
be considered.
There is not anything in our
action to indicate that the United
States changed its attitude on
these problems in any way, or that
it would change it's attitude ir
any Of the discussions. >.
Viewed As Political Problem.
Chairman Russell-We hear the
statement made frequently, In
questions, that we, or the United
States Government. have put the
Communists in Chiang'S govern
ment.
The expression has also been
used that we exerted great pres
sure to force Chang to form q
coalition with the Communists;
and that it was our plan-indi-
eating the plan of the United
States Government-to put Com
munists in the Nationalist gov
ernment Of China.
Did we originate the plan for
that provisional government, and
/ if so, how did we go about it?
Secretary Acheson-. AS ]
understand it, sir, this was a Chi
nese proposal which they worked
out, signed in general form, first
on October 18th, 1945, and ther
January-February, 1916, in more
detail.
Chairman Russell-So the plar
then was not prepared in the
State Department?
Secretary Acheson-No, sir.
Secretary Explains
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