Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Ambassador of India Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

SECRET - 6026 5/5 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 270 Memorandum of Conversation 314 ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS AND DATE: : SERVICE" December 6, 1949 SUBJECT: Recognition of Chinese Communist Regime conf PARTICIPANTS: Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit - Ambassador of India Mr. T. N. Kaul - First Secretary, Indian Embassy The Secretary Mr. Mathews - SOA COPIES TO: s/s, NEA, FE, UNA, USUN, DRN, CIA; G Embassy New Delhi 1-1493 The Indien Ambassador called at her request. I thanked her for the message which her government had sent to the Chinese Communist authorities in connection with the Ward case, and said that we felt that the interest shown by the Government of India and other governments had contributed to the solution of this problem. Madame Pandit intimated that she was pleased if her government had been of assistance. Madame Pandit then referred to the memorandum which she had left with Mr. Webb setting forth her government's views on the recognition of the Chinese Communist regime. She said that her government would like very much to have our reactions. I replied that we had been studying her memorandum and that if she had not been so good as to ask to see me, I should have re- quested that she call. I went on to say that we appreciated the action of her government in giving us the benefit of its views. I introduced my further comments by saying that I was giv- ing her our estimate of the situation and of the factors in- volved in our approach to the problem of recognition of the Chinese Communist regime, but that I did not presume to advise her government or to suggest the course of action which it DECLASSIFIED should E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug 7.23.25 Bey NLT- HC NARS Datey.2876 SECRET