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DECLASSIFIED
RECUBRIO
Authority E.O. 10501
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
June 19, 1950
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Reply to letter from Li Tsung-jen
I refer to your memorandum of June 7, 1950 enclosing a copy
of a letter addressed to you on June 3, 1950 by General Li Tsung-
jen, former Acting President of China. General Li has not recog-
nized the return to the presidency of China of General Chiang
Kai-shek and apparently still considers himself the Acting Presi-
dent. However, it is our belief that he exercises at present very
little influence in Chinese Nationalist circles. Having in mind
General Li's anomalous position and the possibility that any letter
from you might be misused by the Li faction to claim United States
support, I believe that it would be unwise for you to be drawn into
an exchange of letters with him. Unless you desire otherwise, I
shall have Assistant Secretary Rusk acknowledge the letter appro-
priately on your behalf.
As yet no approach by the Chinese Government for American
aid has been supported by a claim that General Li and the
Generalissimo are cooperating. If such claim is made, we shall
have General Li's letter in mind.
a : ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE< RECORDS AMD
Azm Perhan
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