893.00/11–2248: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Stuart)
1690. Dept. appreciative statement urtel 2279 Nov 22 neither you nor members your staff have advised or promoted coalition Govt with Comm participation in conversations with ChiGovt or polit leaders.
Re suggestion Urtels 2220 and 2279 for statement US position Comm participation in ChiGovt, you should note Deptel 1164 Aug 12 which authorized you informally indicate US Govt attitude as implying, whether directly or indirectly, no support, encouragement or acceptability coalition Govt in China with Comm participation. In event you consider desirable from standpoint US interests, you may in discussions with local leaders orally and informally indicate US Govt does not favor Comm participation in Govts China or elsewhere in world. Pres statement Mar 10 [11]54 should have made this sufficiently clear. Careful consideration being given here issuance statement on US Govt position toward China as being suggested from many sources both in China and in US. It will be realized that such statement may not have effect desired by many who urge such action.
- See United States Relations With China, pp. 272–273.↩