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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, The Far East: China, Volume VIII

Negotiations with China regarding final settlement of war accounts1

1. For previous correspondence on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1947, vol. vii, pp. 1033 ff., passim.


[585] The Director of the Office of Financial and Development Policy (Knapp) to the Chinese Minister (Tan)

undated

893.24/6–948


[586] The Chinese Embassy to the Department of State

undated

893.24/6–948


[587] The Chinese Embassy to the Department of State

Washington, June 28, 1948.

893.24/6–2848


[588] The Department of State to the Chinese Embassy

Washington, July 1, 1948.

893.24/6–2848


[589] Memorandum by the Acting Assistant Chief of the Division of Economic-Property Policy (Shenefield)

[Washington,] August 19, 1948.

893.24/8–1948


[590] The Secretary of State to the Chinese Ambassador (Koo)

Washington, August 20, 1948.

893.24/8–2048


[591] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Assistant Chief of the Division of Economic-Property Policy (Shenefield)

[Washington,] September 17, 1948.

893.51/9–1748


[592] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Assistant Chief of the Division of Economic-Property Policy (Shenefield)

[Washington,] October 12, 1948.

893.24/10–1248


[593] The Chinese Ambassador (Koo) to the Acting Secretary of State

Washington, October 18, 1948.

893.24/10–1848


[594] Editorial Note

Contents

  • Preface
  • United States military assistance to China:
    • I. Efforts to expedite shipments of surplus military supplies and ammunition to China; Chinese requests for armaments credit (Documents 1–76)
    • II. Assistance to China under the $125,000,000 grant of the China Aid Act; Chinese pleas for greater military assistance and support from the United States (Documents 77–187)
    • III. Establishment of a Joint United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of China (JUSMAGCHINA) (Documents 188–205)
    • IV. Requests by the Chinese Government for assistance in evacuation of Chinese Air Force equipment from Shanghai and removal of surplus property from Tsingtao and Shanghai (Documents 206–215)
    • V. Chinese requests for aviation gasoline; concern of the United States regarding excessive oil stocks in Shanghai falling into Chinese Communist hands (Documents 216–231)
    • VI. Rumors of plans to establish new American volunteer air force group in China (Documents 232–244)
    • VII. Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s visit to the United States to appeal for further immediate military aid (Documents 245–255)
  • Status of United States naval and marine forces at Tsingtao; question as to withdrawal (Documents 256–287)
  • Efforts leading to release of United States marines captured by Chinese communists (Documents 288–297)
  • Opposition by the United States to proposals for an international police force for Shanghai during transition period (Documents 298–308)
  • Financial relations between the United States and China: interest of the United States in Chinese efforts to maintain financial stability; representations regarding fixing of an equitable rate of exchange for expenditures by American armed forces and diplomatic establishment in China (Documents 309–382)
  • United States economic aid to China:
    • I. Formulation of program for aid to China; China Aid Act of 1948 (Documents 383–422)
    • II. Agreement between the United States and China on economic aid, signed at Nanking, July 3, 1948 (Documents 423–512)
    • III. Exchange of notes by the United States and China on the establishment of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction in China, August 5, 1948 (Documents 513–537)
    • IV. Problems encountered by the United States in furnishing aid to China under the China Aid Act of 1948: danger of increasing inflation by aid funds; continuing aid to Chinese resisting Communists in North China; decision to discontinue aid in areas coming under Communist control (Documents 538–570)
    • V. Preparation of program for continuation of aid to China after expiration of the China Aid Act of 1948 (Documents 571–584)
  • Negotiations with China regarding final settlement of war accounts (Documents 585–594)
  • Problems arising from the implementation of the surplus property agreement of August 30, 1946 (Documents 595–618)
  • Representations regarding the re-registration of American real property rights in China (Documents 619–624)
  • Representations by American embassy regarding Chinese censorship of American motion pictures (Documents 625–627)
  • Agreement between the United States and China regarding claims resulting from activities of United States military forces in China
  • Agreement between the United States and China regarding entry of relief supplies and packages into China
  • Negotiations between the United States and China respecting joint efforts in the exploration of China for minerals of importance in the atomic energy programs of the two governments (Documents 628–640)
  • Negotiations concerning United States Senate reservation to treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation signed November 4, 1946, and regarding exchange of interpretative notes (Documents 641–664)
  • Negotiations respecting revision of the air transport agreement of December 20, 1946 (Documents 665–693)
  • Consideration of sending to China a technical civil aviation mission to assist the Chinese Government (Documents 694–698)
  • Evacuation of Americans from China:
    • I. Preliminary warnings to American citizens to leave danger areas; development of policies and plans for the evacuation of Americans from China; gradual withdrawal of non-essential American civilians (January–October 11) (Documents 699–741)
    • II. Official emergency warnings; evacuation of American civilians and dependents of American officials; provisions for emergency protection (October 13–December 31) (Documents 742–877)
  • Negotiations respecting evacuation of certain refugee groups from Shanghai through the International Refugee Organization (Documents 878–894)
  • Index

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