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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Stuart, John Leighton, 1876-1962
Chou, En-lai, 1898-1976
Mao, Tse-tung, 1893-1976
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Douglas, Lewis W. (Lewis Williams), 1894-1974
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
June 8, 1949
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SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
MILITARY AID
Our Embassies in Brussels, Copenhagen and Oslo have
PROGRAM
concurred emphatically in the opinion expressed by
Ambassadors Douglas and Harriman that any delay in
congressional action on the military assistance program would have
extremely serious effects in Europe. Our Embassy in Copenhagen points
out that the decisive factor in Denmark's adherence to the North At-
lantic Pact was the necessity of acquiring arms and equipment obtain-
able only through US facilities, while Embassy Oslo states that the
Norwegian Foreign Minister has stressed the embarrassment that would
be caused his government if the aid program does not go through in
view of its strong stand against entering a neutral defense arrange-
ment with Sweden under which the Swedes had offered to make arms
available to Norway.
CHINA
Ambassador Stuart, in commenting the approach made to our
Consul General in Peiping by Communist leader Chou En-lai,
says that Chou's message is a call for help and that he expects a
reply, which Stuart recommends that we send. Stuart says that the
Chou message does not imply any basic change in the theory or program
of the Chinese Communists but only a struggle for power between the
two men next in line after Chinese Communist chief Mao Tse-tung and
that the radical wing of the party has been gaining ascendency owing
to anti-American sentiment, hence Chou's appeal to us. He suggests
that our reply stress our friendship for China, point out that an
atmosphere conducive to friendly cooperation cannot be created as long
as the Chinese Communists continue their anti-American policy and
propaganda and state that, while we sincerely welcome Chou's protesta-
tions of pro-western sentiments, they must be translated into deeds
in order to convince us that continued American support for China is
justified.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12005, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979
By NLT- HC
NARS, Date 11.13.20
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