Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments

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CONFIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF STATE Ele in in of March WASHINGTON 1, the 1950 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Proposed Call by General Li Tsung-jen Reference is made to the luncheon at Blair House for General Li Tsung-jen, Acting President of the Republic of China, scheduled for Thur sday, March 2, at 1:00 o'clock. For your possible use in connection with this meeting with Acting President Li, the following documents are attached: (1) A summary of a memorandum enclosed in Acting President Li's letter to me dated Feb- ruary 22, 1950. Acting President Li requested that this memorandum, which outlines various proposals for Chinese action in regard to the China situation, be forwarded for your attention. and TROMAN (2) A copy of the original memorandum in (1) above. Co SERVICE (3) A brief biographical sketch of Acting President Li with general background regarding his present political position. In recent months there have been many reports that Chiang was making plans to resume the Presidency. This situation came to a climax on February 28 when Chiang made a formal statement to the effect that, owing to the changed world si tuation and the demand of public opinion, he has DECLASSIFIED E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) 7-18-20 D pr of State terter, PROJECT NLT 78-34 By NLT. NL , NARS 01.25.74 CONFIDENTIAL