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.


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

890.20/8–1249: Telegram


[368] The Consul General at Taipei (Macdonald) to the Secretary of State

890.20/8–1249: Airgram


[369] The Chargé in the Philippines (Hester) to the Secretary of State

890.20/8–1549: Telegram


[373] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

890.20/8–1549: Telegram


[374] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

123 Jessup, Philip C./8–2349: Telegram


[375] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State

890.20/8–2449: Telegram


[377] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State

890.20/8–2749: Telegram


[378] Memorandum to the Secretary of State

890.00/8–2949


[379] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Thailand

890.20/9–149: Telegram


[380] The Ambassador in Thailand (Stanton) to the Secretary of State

890.20/9–349: Telegram


[381] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State

890.20/9–749: Telegram


[382] Draft Prepared by the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Rusk)

890.00/9–849