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NATIONAL
ARCHIVES
app. B-1
RECORDS
SERVICE*
14
February 4, 1949
MEMORANDUM
At Cabinet meeting this morning the President told us that he
approved of the recommendation of the National Security Council
yesterday regarding a suspension of shipments to China. He has
asked the Vice President and me to meet in his office tomorrow,
Saturday morning, at eleven o'clock, with Senators Connally and
Vandenberg and Representatives Bloom and Eaton to tell them of
the action which the President contemplates and to get their judg-
ment.
(1)
For this meeting I should like to have for study tonight/a copy
act,
of the China Aid, extracts from the debate in which the intention
of the Congress, as described by Mr. Butterworth, is made clear;
(2) statement of the amount by dollars and general description
remaining to be shipped, schedule of shipments; (3) if it is proper
under the security regulations for me to do so I should like to have
data on the number of armies and men lost by the Nationalists, the
number of these that were equipped with American materiel and
- the general schedule of the materiel lost, (4) if it is also proper under
security regulations I should like to read or at least digest some of
the communications from the Ambassador, General Barr and Mr.
Royall on which our recommendation to the President was based.
D.A.
* and indication of cost
DEC ASSIFIED
E.
O 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or CB
7-23-76
D p., of State letter, Aug 2, 1973
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By NLT- He 9 NARS Date 4-2076