Telegram telling Vyshinsky to inform Lancaster that Malik consented to a meeting with the assistant Ahesona or one of the American ambassadors, as suggested by Lancaster. Malik should listen to the State Department official and if it's evident that the Americans are taking a step forward towards a peaceful settlement of the Korean question, tell him that Malik should ponder the issues mentioned in the conversation.
September 28, 1950
Outgoing Cable No. 18249, Gromyko to Vyshinsky
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USSR MFA
10th Department
Outgoing Nº 18249
received at 0243 28 September 1950
dispatched at 0445 28 September 1950
Spets Nº 52
Cable
to NEW YORK
to VYSHINSKY
Copy Nº 1
SPECIAL
PRIORITY
52. Charge Tsarapkin with informing Lancaster about Malik’s agreement to meet with an assistant of Acheson or one of the American ambassadors as Lancaster proposes.
Malik should listen to the State Department representative and in the event it is evident that the Americans are making a step forward in the direction of a peaceful settlement of the Korean question declare to him that he, Malik will thinking about the questions raised in the conversation and will give a reply in the next conversation.
Telegraph about the results.
At the instructions of Headquarters
GROMYKO
three copies nb
28 September 1950
Authenticated by: [illegible signature]
Copies
1. to Cde. Stalin
2. to the 10th Department
3. copy
Gromyko asks Vyshinsky to get Tsarapkin to inform American intermediary Lancaster that Malik has agreed to the meeting. Malik must hear out the Americans and if it seems that they're willing to work towards a peaceful resolution, tell Lancaster that any questions that the Americans had during this discussion will be answered in the next meeting.
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