Memorandum from W. Walton Butterworth to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

5 ANDARD FORM NO. 64 SECRET Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : S este The Secretary DATE: January 3, 1950 THRU : S/S FROM FE - Mr. Butterworth SUBJECT: Shipments of Military Materiel to Formosa and Status of Equipment on Island I. Shipments of Military Materiel to Formosa There follows a listing of the most significant items shipped to Formosa from the United States in the past 13 months. Items known to have been purchased with funds from the $125 million grents are marked with an asterisk. * Rifles em Cal..30 123,000 each Browning Automatic Rifles - Cal..30 6,800 each Thompson Sub-machine Guns - Cal..45 5,300 each * Johnson semi-automatic rifles - Cal..30 8,200 each Johnson Machine Guns 850 each Aircraft machine guns - Cal..30 & .50 380 each Guns - 37 mm - 75mm 530 each 75 mm howitzer motor carriages 200 each Light tanks - to be shipped approximately January 4, 1950 100 each Scout cars - to be shipped approximately January 4, 1950 100 each * Ammunition - Cal..30 68,000,000 rounds * Ammunition - Cal..45 9,000,000 rounds * Rockets HE - 2.36" 70,000 rounds * Shells 37 mm 70,000 rounds * Shells, Mortar 75,000 Rounds * Bombs - various categories 17,500 each * Shells - 20 mm and 40 mm 44 114,000 rounds AT - 6 Aircraft 20 each The following is a listing of certain significant items on which the Munitions livision has since December 1949 issued export licenses, valid for one year for shipments to Formosa, but on which specific information concerning procurement or shipment is not yet available: AT-6 aircraft 180 each B -25 aircraft 11 each P-47 aircraft 1 each Helicopters 4 each Light tanks with dozers 9 each Motor carriages -M8 42 each Ammunition - 75 mm 65,000 rounds DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 9.2.74 12, 1979 PROJECT NO 78 -33 0500 4-14-79, NCC 5.30.79 By NLT- He NARS, Date 6.10.10 TOP