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ARCHIVES *NATIONAL AND
SERVICE* RECORDS of
230 195
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ce SERVICE E/D
July 14, 1949.
LUNE
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR SMITH
with Reference to China
conf
I spent an hour with Senator Smith at Wardman Park.
He seemed flattered and pleased that I had come to see him.
We discussed, without mentioning names, the broad
plan for going into a review of the facts in present-day
China, and I gave him answers to the ten questions in his
letter. He seemed to be satisfied with this.
We also discussed Mr. Butterworth's nomination.
Senator Smith appeared at the outset to be worried as to
whether Mr. Butterworth had sufficient broad knowledge of
conditions in China. I said that, of course, Mr. Butter-
worht did not pose as a life-time expert on China. Most
of the people who did were so committed to one view or
another that they would be quite impossible as assistant
secretaries in charge of Chinese matters. Mr. Butterworth
was well informed on the subject and a most competent and
loyal administrator. This would be his function so f ar as
devising what course was called for by the new developments
in China. That was a matter which would not be decided by
the Assistant Secretary, but would engage the time and
thought of the best people that the Department could get
in as consultants, as well as the Assistant Secretaries,
the President, and members of both Committees of Congress.
I cannot say that the Senator changed his mind,
but he appeared to be somewhat t alked down.
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)
DECLASSIFIED
S:DA:be
By Dept. NLT- H NARS Date 4-27-76
of State letter,
CLORL
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