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795.00/8–150: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting Political Adviser in Japan (Sebald)

secret   niact
priority
Washington, August 1, 1950—12 noon.

180. In light vital relation to overall policy formulation here, pls earliest ascertain from General MacArthur in detail content his talks on Formosa with Gimo and Chi mil authorities and report same urgently to Dept.1

Acheson
  1. A similar message was sent to Taipei on the same date in telegram 98, not printed. General MacArthur and members of his staff had gone to Taiwan for talks with President Chiang Kai-shek and other Chinese officials on July 31 and August 1. After the meetings, Chiang issued a statement indicating that the talks laid the foundations for a joint defense of Formosa and Sino-American military cooperation (text in Documents on International Affairs, 1949–1950 (issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs), p. 657).↩