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DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NLT.KC NARS Date 6.26.75 U. S. POLICY TOWARDS CHINA Copy The Government of the U.S. holds that peace and pros- perity of the world in this new and unexplored era ahead depend upon the ability of the sovereign nations to com- bine for collective security in the United Nations organization. It is the firm belief of this Government that a strong, peacoful, united and effective democratic China is of the utmost importance to the success of this United Nations organization and for world peace. A China, dis- organized and divided either by foreign aggression, such as that undertaken by the Japanese, or by violent internal strife is an undermining influence to world stability and peace, now and in the future. The U.S. Government has long subscribed to the principle that the management of internal affairs is the responsibility of the peoples of the sovereign nations. Events of this century, however, would indicate that a breach of peace anywhere in the world threatens the peace of the entire world. It is E . ARCHIVES CHATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE* rounday AND thus in the most vital interest of the U.S. and all the severeign United Nations that the people of China overlook no opportunity to adjust their internal differences without resert to violenee promptly by methods of peaceful negotiation. Therefore