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The policies of the United States with respect to the East Asian-Pacific area generally, with particular reference to proposals for the formation of regional associations or pacts ¹

^1.For documentation on general U.S. national security policy, see vol. i, pp. 249 ff. Other documentation concerning U.S. policy toward the East Asian-Pacific area in general is included in the country sections of the present volume. Additional material on U.S. policy with respect to Southeast Asia during 1949 appears in United States Department of Defense, United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967, 12 vols. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1971), Books 1 and 8.

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[307] The Acting Secretary of State to Certain American Missions

Washington, January 4, 1949—8:10 a. m.

890.00B/1–449: Circular airgram

[308] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Acting Secretary of State

Manila, January 15, 1949—4 p. m.

890.00/1–1549: Telegram

[309] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, February 15, 1949—10 a. m.

890.00B/2–1549: Telegram

[310] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of South-east Asian Affairs (Reed)

[Washington,] February 23, 1949.

890.00B/2–2349

[311] The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State

Nanking, March 8, 1949.
[Received March 29.]

890.00B/3–849

[312] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, March 21, 1949.
[Received March 25.]

890.20/3–2149

[313] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, March 22, 1949—4 p. m.

840.20/3–2249: Telegram

[314] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett)

Washington, March 23, 1949—7 p. m.

890.20/3–2349: Telegram

[315] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, March 24, 1949—2 p. m.

890.20/3–2449: Telegram

[316] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, March 28, 1949.
[Received April 8.]

890.20/3–2849

[317] Policy Planning Staff Paper on United States Policy Toward Southeast Asia

[Washington,] March 29, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[318] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

London, March 29, 1949.
[Received April 6.]

890.20/3–2949

[319] The British Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Bevin) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] 2 April, 1949.

890.00/4–2249

[320] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Jacob D. Beam, Acting Special Assistant in the Office of German and Austrian Affairs

[Washington,] April 4, 1949.

890.00/4–449

[321] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office for Far Eastern Affairs (Butterworth)

[Washington,] April 8, 1949.

890.20/4–849

[322] The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett)

Washington, April 16, 1949.

890.20/3–2849: Airgram

[323] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, May 5, 1949—4 p. m.

890.20/5–549: Telegram

[324] Editorial Note

[325] The Ambassador in Korea (Muccio) to the Secretary of State

Seoul, May 20, 1949.

890.20/5–2049: Telegram

[326] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Counselor of the Embassy in Korea (Drumright)

[Seoul,] May 28, 1949.

890.20/5–2849

[327] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern Affairs (Satterthwaite) to the Acting Secretary of State

[Washington,] June 6, 1949.

890.20/6–649

[328] Memorandum by the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan)

[Washington,] July 8, 1949.

Policy Planning Staff Files

[329] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 8, 1949—8 p. m.

793.96/7–849: Telegram

[330] The Ambassador in Korea (Muccio) to the Secretary of State

Seoul, July 12, 1949.

893.001 Chiang Kai-shek/7–1249: Telegram

[331] Memorandum by the Ambassador at Large (Jessup) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Rusk)

[Washington,] July 12, 1949.

711.90/7–1249

[332] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 12, 1949.

793.96/7–1249: Telegram

[333] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 12, 1949—8 p. m.

793.96/7–1249: Telegram

[334] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 13, 1949—7 p. m.

793.96/7–1349: Telegram

[335] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 14, 1949—10 p. m.

793.96/7–1449: Telegram

[336] The Chargé in the Philippines (Lockett) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 15, 1949—3 p. m.

890.20/7–1549: Telegram

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