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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Chinese Affairs (Freeman)
Mr. McNichol63 called this afternoon to inform me of a telegram which had just been received from Canberra with regard to the possible recognition by Australia of a Chinese Communist regime. The message stated, according to Mr. McNichol, that Dr. Evatt stated in Parliament on September 28 that the press report which had recently appeared in Australia to the effect that the UK was prepared to recognize a Chinese Communist regime shortly after its establishment had not been confirmed. Dr. Evatt also stated that Australia was in close touch with the US and the UK on this subject and that any action which might be taken with regard to recognition would follow a “common pattern”. He added that, as all governments continue to recognize the Chinese National Government, the question of recognizing any new regime had not yet arisen.
- David W. McNichol, Second Secretary of the Australian Embassy.↩