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

693.119/8–2249

The Assistant Director of the Executive Secretariat (McWilliams) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Rusk)

[Washington,] August 22, 1949.

Mr. Webb⁵² has read the attached⁵³ but is not convinced that the recommended course is the proper one. He says that Admiral Hillen-koetter⁵⁴ informs him that the quantities are serious and that the President has previously stated that he wants to make things just as tough economically for the Chinese Communists as is possible.

In view of the above, would you please have this reexamined to see if the answer is the same?

W. J. McWilliams

52. James E. Webb, Under Secretary of State.
53. Supra.
54. Rear Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter, Director of Central Intelligence.