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    "ocrText": "RESTRICTED\nINTRODUCTION: Foreign radios pay comparatively little attention to the President's\nannouncement on Formosa; comment from London, Paris, and Manila, however, is\nfavorable. In the non-Soviet world, only Nationalist Chinese and Korean comment is\ndisapproving. British recognition of Communist China is given much more attention.\nOn the whole the step is not condemned; there is general agreement that it does\nnot imply approval of Communism. Soviet and Satellite radios play up the theme of\n\"imperialist contradictions\" between Britain and the U.S. and cite British\nrecognition as an outstanding defeat for Western imperialists.\nTHE FORMOSA ANNOUNCEMENT: Radio reactions from the non-Soviet world are, on\nthe whole, favorable. Not much attention is given to the announcement--much less\nthan to British recognition of Communist China. London, however, approves; Manila\nbelieves the Philippines' international position is made more secure by the\ndecision, and Genevieve Tabouis is quoted by Paris as seeing hope for the Viet Nam\nsituation in this \"level-headed\" decision. In monitored broadcasts, only Chinese\nNationalist Radio Taipeh expresses \"regret\" and \"bewilderment\" over the announce-\nment (though it takes cheer from the fact that economic aid is not ruled out), and\nSyngman Rhee is said to \"denounce\" the decision.\nThe Soviet and Satellite radios are confronted with the difficulty of recon-\nciling the announcement with their previous insistence that American policy was\none of support for China's \"reactionaries.\" They handle this difficulty by\nvirtually ignoring the announcement and by referring, instead, to alleged \"secret\nagreements\" between Chiang and the White House which provide for the defense of\nthe island. It is also claimed that the Formosa decision is a sign of America's\neffort to adjust its Far Eastern policies to Britain's stand on China.\nBRITISH RECOGNITION: Non-Soviet reactions to British recognition of Communist\nChina do not show clear evidence of either condemnation or approval. There is\ngeneral agreement that the step does not imply approval of Communism, and several\nradios reiterate that Anglo-American relations are cordial. There is also general\nagreement that the chief reason for the step was Britain's desire for foreign trade.\nDECLASSIFIED\nRESTRICTED\nAuthority E.O. 10501"
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