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Roosevelt Papers

Paper Prepared by the Joint Staff Planners1

secret
[Aboard the U. S. S. “Iowa”, undated.2]

Enclosure “A”3

Proposed Agenda

For the First Meeting of the President of the United States and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

1.
The U. S. should propose the following items for discussion:
a.
Generalissimo to Outline the Situation in China
b.
Chinese Attitude Toward Russian Participation
c.
Status of Operations Against Japan
d.
Importance of Chinese Assistance to Operations in North Burma
e.
Air Bases in China
f.
Supplies to China
g.
Equipment and Training of Chinese Forces
2.
The U. S. should be prepared to discuss the following items if broached by the Chinese:
a.
U. S. Forces in China
b.
Command Arrangements Including Relationship of the Generalissimo to Other Commands
c.
Post-War Problems
(1)
What arrangements are going to be made for Chinese participation in the occupation of Japan and the recapture of Chinese territory?
(2)
What arrangements are to be made with regard to mutual security?
(3)
What military and naval bases are to be made available to each party for mutual assistance?
(4)
Does the United States intend to provide adequate American forces and Pacific bases to share in preventing future aggression in the Orient?
(5)
What continuing assistance does the United States intend to furnish in aid to China for equipment of land, air and sea forces for national defense and for the fulfillment of any duties which China may assume in the way of assistance to the United States?
(6)
What machinery is to be set up for military consultation with regard to cooperation between the two powers in the event of further aggression in the Orient?
  1. For Roosevelt’s request for a paper of this kind, see ante, p. 199. The paper was apparently submitted directly to the President. It was not considered or approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.↩
  2. Prepared between November 15 and 19, 1943.↩
  3. No covering paper has been found.↩