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SECURITY FURMATION
THE FOREIGN SERVICE
C
O
OF THE
P
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Y
=SECURITI PORMATION
OFFICIAL- - INFORMAL.
AMERICAN EMBASSY
New Delhi, India, May 19, 1952.
Dear Dean:
Although I realize that you are confronted with many
complex problems, it seems to me, from thevantage point of
New Delhi, that the question of colonialism is one of the
most difficult which now faces the United States. I know
that we are continually studying this question and have long
been in the forefront with those who are assisting dependent
peoples in achieving some measure of self-government. Un-
fortunately, many peoples, particularly those in the East, do
not realize how deeply we feel on this subject and what a
strong position we have traditionally taken in defense of
progress toward self-government.
American state papers such as the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and international agreements such as the Charter of
the United Nations are testimony to American faith in the
rights of all people to self-government, to equality, to a
better way of life and to peace. The American attitude toward
these rights is proven by the manner in which we participated
in World War I and World War II. It is shown in our treatment
of such territories as Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. It is
demonstrated in our granting independence to the Philippines.
These facts are generally well known in the West. In
Asia and Africa, on the other hand, there seems to be little
knowledge of the American attitude toward colonial peoples.
In India, for instance, many millions of ardently non-communist
people are half convinced that the United States has become an
imperial power. Our announcement in favor of a postponement
of consideration of the problem of Morocco by the General
Assembly of the United Nations, our abstention on consideration
of the question of Tunisia by the Security Council, and other
actions which have seemed to support the British in Iran and
DECLASSIFIED
The Honorable
Dean Acheson,
STATE DEPT. LTR. 11-14-t3
Secretary of State,
(3)
Washington 25, D.C.
Project NLT 83-10
Bv.
U.S.
We NARS, Dote 11.21.t3
the
SECUNITY INI ORMATION
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