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OCR Page 1 of 7DECLASSIFIED
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
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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
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