DE Ji t _AJP12f Authority __ · _ ---- DECLASSJF1ED DEPA M T OF STATE EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT $ I March 4 1965 THE SECRETARY v -- l - 8HA AL Benjamin H Read Attachment ' · I DECLASSIFIED Authority ' j t _1 SECRET EXDIS ------ -- I ' t --· - ------ Subject -- 1cea-c--o -the-·---Bse-of Nuc ear Wectp$ S AgaiiHft Chiria · in Korean ¥ar - Z F ± lt C W llr ' lt t lor ' 4-i ffi-' KJNI We ca i _ _i -n doc e ry up orrt - n such el e if s e ms of President Eisenliower s statement to the President that he nacr ··sent·a'meiis · ··e'' 'Eo··-Nenru ·rn··'l95J·- w' ' irril'ii r t b at « ' i l- s e t 1 ··china ' if' the 'Robfan·•·war···-conlfriue r ' ' and that he believ·ed this warning played a decisive part in tenninating the Korean war attached We h Y AQ e J 9 t1gct S sege J h-i £J • i u4 9J tt e_ t l1 _t 9 i -tca_i11_ g t -- -r 2 ct -ed both to Nehru and to Molotov which could conceivably have been • • • _____ · • - £1 __ _ 1J iiii IIII •• so interpreted nucte·arwe-apons ·f- -·aiit's --- ·- •· • - • - _ - · 'i -' · 4 r'I • ·•· ' - u - - - - • i -- •• ' •• •• ltlf On t l £ i _ _ J 5 Secretary _ _Q y 1 s then in New Delhi WJi ijehru that if the Korean annistice negotiations collapsecl US- --uTal probably make stronger rather than lesser military exertion and that this might well extend area conflict I secretary Dulles assumed this would be relayed to Chinese n New Delhi 4237 5 22 53 In reporting a conversation with Nehru on thefollowing day May a Secretary Dul § e - raised the Korean armistice question referring particularly to my statement of the preceding day that if no annistice occured hostilities might become more intense He said if this happened it is difficult to know what end might be Later in the conversation Secretary Dulles reported He Nehru brought up·again my reference to intensified operations but I made no comment and allowed the topic to drop '' Karachi 177 L 5 ZL 53 On ti i GJ 1-2 1 Ambassador_ 9 h - $ tR J m _q_ e5 _ o discgss_ tl f9- n tst i e p_ropo ft- -W 1 Fh J gJ 9v Deptel 860 to Moscow t'While av·oiding indication of threat point - - · - _________ TOP SECRET EXDIS ' _ ' t r- ' - DECLASS1¥1EV Authority Ii l- J lllpqsr tJ JI I · TOP SECRET E XDIS -2out to Molotov that rejection these proposals and consequent failure reach agreement in armistice talks would create a situation which US Government seeking most earnestly to avoid h -- l JU t - on H ay 28 for this discuss ion Moscow 1650 5 28 53 Bohlen reported that he told Molotov that rejection by the N0rth Koreans and Chinese of our armistice proposals would extinguish hopes for an armistice and a failure of·the present armistice talks would lead to the creation of a situation which the US Government was most sincerely and earnestly attempting to avoid -Bohlen reported that Molotov listened with great attention and seriousness and refrained from any sort of propaganda statement or any attempt to defend or support the Communist position The Soviet Government has taken note of the information you gave to me on May Z8 concerning the armistice talks at Panmunjom as you know the outcom of these talks does not depend on us but it has been noted with satisfacticm that the path to the successful conclusion of these armistice talks has been mapped out n Bohlen expressed appreciation tor the statement saying that if it mea-i1t an armistice in Korea it was good news to which Molotov made no cominent Moscow 1668 6 3 53 TOP SECRET EKDIS L ·