Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume IX - Office of the Historian

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)