Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Trygve Lie, Byron Price, James Webb, Dean Rusk, and John D. Hickerson
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
29
Memorandum of Conversation
DATE: Janunxy 21, 1950.
SUBJECT:
Meeting in the Secretary's office, January 21, 1950, 11:30 A.M.
PARTICIPANTS:
The Secretary
U. Mr. Wobb
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Mr. Rusk
UNA- Mr. Hickorson
UN- Mr. Trygvie Lie, Secretary Genoral of the United Nations
Mr. Byron Prico, Assistant Secrotary Gonoral
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COPIES TO:
The Secretaury
U- Mr. Wobb
G- Mr. Ruak
UNA
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Mr. Lic, accompenied by Mr. Price, came in to soe no at 11:30 this morning.
Mr. lio soid that he was deeply concorned over the Chinese question and
the Soviet walkouts from the Security Council and other United Nations bodies,
Ho said that he thoreforo wiohed to díseuss the matter in strict confidence with
me and to obtein my vieve on the whole situation. He said that his whole worle
had boen based on the premiso that the Soviet Union does not want arned conflict
and that the Soviet Union intends to remain in the United Nations. Ho vont on to
any that devolopments in recent vooka have caused him to ask himsolf whether
these assumptions are correct. Ho soid that ho undorstood the United States
position in regard to the seating of representatives of the Chinese communist
govornment in the Security Gouncil and that ho thought that our position foix,
reasonable and correet; that is, that when sevon members of the Security Gouncil
voto to seat a roprosontativo of tho ragime on a procedural motãon,
this vill bo done. Mr. Lie spolto in high torma of the Prosident's recent statement
on Formosa. and my aldress before the Pross Club last Wednesday on China and Fax
Bastorn matters. Ho said that after these statements ho had boen mach encouraged
and hnd felt that the problom was on its way to a solution. lie added, howevez,
that the seizuro by the Chinose commists of US, French and Dutch of ficial property
in Poiping, and the understandable U. S. reaction thoroto, acemed to him to demone
strate that the settlemont of this matter along the pattern he had proviously
expocted will be neither 08.07 nor achieved at an early date.
TRUMAN
Mr. Lie mode
S. ('NATIONAL AND
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E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
12.29.72
Dept. of State letter.
PROJECT NLT 76-14
NARS Date 2-1-70
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