Memorandum, Statement by President Harry S. Truman, with Related Material
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OCR Page 1 of 7January 5, 1950
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The United States Government has always stood for good
faith in international relations. Traditional United States policy
toward China, as exemplified in the Open Door policy, called for
international respect for the territorial integrity of China. This
principle was recently reaffirmed in the UN General Assembly resolu-
tion of December 8, 1949, which, in part, calls on all states
To refrain from (a) seeking to acquire spheres
of influence or to create foreign controlled regimes
within the territory of China; (b) seeking to obtain
special rights or privileges within the territory
of China.
A specifi e application of the foregoing principles is seen
in the present situation with respect to Formosa. In the Joint Decla-
ration at Cairo on December 1, 1943, the President of the United
States, the British Prime Minister and the President of China stated
that it was their purpose that territories Japan had stolen from
China, such as "Formosa, 11 should be restored to the Republic of China.
The United States was a signatory to the Potsdam Declaration of
July 26, 1945, which declared that the terms of the Cairo Declaration
should be carried out. The provisions of this Declaration were
accepted by Japan at the time of its surrender. In keeping with these
declarations, Formosa was surrendered to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
and for the past four years the United States and the other Allied
Powers have accepted the exercise of Chinese authority over the Island.
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