893.50 Recovery/12–3048
Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far
Eastern Affairs (Butterworth) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Washington,] December 30, 1948.
Unless I hear from you to the contrary, I will continue to proceed on the
basis that the attached memorandum accurately reflects the President’s
wishes.8
Mr. Labouisse and I had a talk this afternoon with Mr. Henderson and we
are meeting tomorrow morning with Mr. Cleveland.
W. W[alton] B[utterworth]
[Annex]
Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Far
Eastern Affairs (Butterworth)
[Washington,] December 30,
1948.
Memorandum for the Record
On returning from the White House this afternoon, Mr. Lovett
requested that I place on record the following decisions which the
President communicated to him. Mr. Clark Clifford9 was also present.
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- 1.
- That this Government would continue to support through the
implementation of the China Aid Act the present Chinese
Government or a legal successor Government which pursues an
anti-Communist policy. However, should a government come into
power which comes to terms with the Chinese Communists, all aid
should cease irrespective of whether the Communists are in
numerical ascendancy or not.
- 2.
- When the Chinese Communists either directly or indirectly
through a coalition government take control over any area, all
ECA supplies ashore or in the process of being unloaded can be
distributed under conditions similar to those now prevailing.
However, ECA supplies which have not yet reached such ports
should be diverted elsewhere.
- 3.
- That the military supplies under the China Aid Act should be
delivered insofar as possible in accordance with the advice of
our military authorities in China.
