Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
February 2, 1950
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
TROMAN
LATE
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
LETTER
RECORDS
SERVICE"
Subject: Topics which may be discussed by President Quirino
during his visit to the United States for medical
attention.
President Quirino comes to the United States at a time in
his development when it will be difficult to persuade him to
that action which the United States believes may reverse the
current trend of economic and financial deterioration. There
is doubt that he yet understands fully the difficult dilemma
in which his country finds itself. He is also surrounded by
advisers who, for the most part, are little more understanding
than he is. Furthermore, he has just won a presidential election
which, despite known corruption and instances of dishonesty, has
filled him with confidence that he has the internal Philippine
situation well under control. His not unnatural pride in his
accomplishment of having risen to the Presidency from humble origins
sometimes obscures in his mind the heavy responsibilities with which
he is charged. Typical of his political mistakes have been his ill-
considered meeting last summer with Chiang Kai-shek largely for
internal political reasons, his manipulation of the Presidential
election, his excessive concern with his own political position,
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