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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nTHINKS\nARCHIVES AND\n\"NATIONAL RECORDS\nSERVICE^\nthe\n-2-\nand at cost. In response to his queries he was also informed\nof this Government's decision that it could not lend the\nChinese Government silver for this purpose nor sould the\nECA use the funds, as he suggested, derived from the sale\nof cotton diverted from Shanghai, which amount he set at\n$16 million, to purchase silver in Mexico or India.\nDr. Koo also suggested that it vould be helpful if\nI would find occasion to mention that the ERP, the Atlantic\nPact and the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers\ndid not indicate diminution of interest in Asian affairs\non the part of the United States. I thanked hin for this\nsuggestion end pointed out that the President had made a\nreference of this kind and that en nt least three occasions\nI had done likewise, but that I agreed that every effort\nshould be made to keep this attitude, which in fact vas\nthe attitude of the U. S. Government, to the forefront\nof peoples' minds.\nDr. Kõo inquired as to Ambassador Stuart's plans and\nsuggested the desirability of his proceeding to Canton\nbefore returning to the U. 8. Him attention was Arawn\nto the presa announcement about Dr. Stuart's return for\nconsultation which pointed out that he vas only to depart\nafter he had satisfied himself as to the eafety of American\neitizens in the lower Yengtze Valley and that this phrase\nwas designed to convey the thought that he vould not be\nreturning until the situation in Shanghai had resolved\nitself. In this general connection, I made mention of the\nfast that Mr. Levis Clark our Minister was in Canton and\nin contact with Dr. Koo's Government.\nThe Chinese Ambassador then referred to the assurances\nwhich General Marshall had given him prior to the General\ndeparture for the London meeting last year to the effect\nthat China would not be discussed at that meeting and\ninquired whother Far Eastern affairs vere on the agonda\nfor the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in\nParis. I told him that they were not and that the suggestion\nwaa new to me that China might be on the agendn. The\nChinese Ambassedor moked if the questions directly affecting\nChina came up whether China would be notified and consulted\nand I replied that I felt it proper and right that it should.\nThe Chinese Ambassador expressed appreciation and satis-\nfaction and took his leave after telling me that Dr. Hu Shih\nhad arrived in this country and wanted me to know that he\nhad cone on a private vimit and not with any official character.\nI said that Dr. Hu Shih was an old friend and I looked for-\nvard to seeing him.\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. 0./11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)\nSECREI\nDept. of State letter, 7-23-21\nNLT. He : NARS Date 4-22-76\nFR:WVButtervorthimes"
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