Memorandum from Robert Lovett to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment

TOP SECRET DECLACSIFIED E.O. 11852, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) MEMORANDUM Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLT-HC NARS Date 6-24-75 Subject: China Aid Program Following discussion of the China aid program in the National Security Council and further discussion in two meetings of the Cabinet, the President in an interview, at which Mr. Clark Cliff ord was present, communicated to the Acting Secretary of State by way of confirmation the following decisions: 1. That this Government would continue to sup- port through the implementation of the China Aid Act the present Chinese Government or a legal successor Government which pursues an inti-Communist policy However, should a government come into power which comes to terms with the Chinese Communists, all aid should cease irrespective of whether the Communists are in numerical ascendancy or not. 2. When the Chinese Communists either directly or indirectly through a coalition government take control over any area, all ECA supplies ashore or in the process of being unloaded can be distributed under conditions similar to those now prevailing, However, ECA supplies which have not yet reached such ports should be diverted elsewhere. 3. That the military supplies under the China Aid Act should be delivered insofar as possible in accordance witl the advice of our military authorities in China. The second sentence of numbered paragraph 1 quoted above means, of course, that aid should cease to those areas that come under the control of a govern- ment in which the Communists participate. & ARCHIVES I **NATIONAL SERVICE** RECORDS AND TOP SECRET