Policy of the United States with respect to the question of recognition
Contents
- I. Preliminary exchanges with the British; efforts to develop a
“commonfront” policy; Anglo-American consulation during July and August;
Anglo-American conversations at Washington in September
(January–September) (Documents 1–96)
- II. Chou En-lai’s bid of October 1 for recognition; de
facto recognition by the British government; reaction of the United
States and other Powers (October) (Documents 97–172)
- III. Reactions to British proposal of November 1 favoring de jure recognition of the Peiping regime; British
decision of December 15 to accord de jure recognition
in January 1950; opposition by the United States to hasty recognition
(November–December) (Documents 173–290)