How do I delete a message or an entire conversation in iMessage?

How do I delete a message or an entire conversation in iMessage? I have tried "close conversation" and "clear transcript" in iMessage as well as deleting on the texts on my iPhone.
When I use "clear transcript", the conversation clears. If I open another conversation with that same person, the entire deleted conversation reappears.
When I clear the conversation on the iPhone, nothing happens in iMessage, so I know that is not the correct approach.
So, does anyone know what to do?
Thank you!

Hi,
There are two things going on here. (And the second is not dependant on the first)
The first is that Message Beta now stores all Chats by default and it cannot be changed. (It was optional in iChat)
By Default this is in ~/Documents/iChats (By date)
Separate from this the Messages Sync process seems to be continuously "On" meaning that any conversation is re-synced even if deleted in ~/Documents/iChats or cleared as a Current Chat (Using the small X in the name part of the Message window) or and Clearing the Transcripts and even deleting it on the Phone or iPad.
There is no way to change this behaviour currently as has already been discussed.
I actually have a Migrated User Account that contains old iChat transcripts that go back to 2004.
With some chats it is useful to have the History pop up (How big you have the window dictates how much History shows).
I find it useful as some people come back to me literally years later to ask follow up questions.
10:37 PM Saturday; March 24, 2012
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