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CONFIDENTIAL
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FOREIGN SERVICE DESPATCH

FROM	:	AMERICAN EMBASSY PUSAN
TO	:	THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON
REF	:	EMBASSY DESPATCH 179, NOVEMBER 14 AND DEPT'S TELEGRAM 365, NOVEMBER 27, 1952

SUBJECT:

INCIDENT REGARDING ALLEGED BOMBING OF DOKDO ISLAND (LIANCOURT ROCKS)

There is enclosed for the Department's records a copy of the Embassy's note no. 187 of December 4, 1952 in reply to the note from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated November 10, 1952 on the subject mentioned above. The Embassy's note was based on information provided by the Chief of Staff, Far East Command, in a letter dated November 27, 1952, a copy of which is transmitted herewith as enclosure no. 2 and the Embassy's reply thereto (Enclosure no. 3). The final paragraph of the note incorporates the language suggested by the Department in the telegram under reference.

FOR THE AMBASSADOR:

E. Allan Lightner, Jr.
Counselor of Embassy

Enclosures:	1. Note no. 187 to ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 4, 1952
	2. Letter from Lt. Gen. Hickey, November 27, 1952
	3. Letter to Lt. Gen. Hickey, December 4, 1952

Copy to: American Embassy, Tokyo

REPORTEREALightnerJr/ic

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322 - LIANCOURT ROCKS - 1953

BG 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, Entry 2846. Korea, Seoul Embassy. Classified
General Records 1953-55. Box 12.