Efforts to prevent shipment of strategic goods to mainland China and North Korea; imposition of a trade embargo and freezing of Chinese Communist assets in the United States 1

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1949, vol. ix pp. 817 ff Documentation on the general question of East-West trade during 1950 is scheduled for publication in volume iv.


[380] The Department of the Army to the Supreme Commander, Allied Powers in Japan (MacArthur)

493.94/1–1350: Telegram


[381] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of Commerce (Sawyer)

493.119/2–350


[383] The Secretary of Defense (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

493.419/3–2450


[384] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Belgium

493.419/3–2750: Telegram


[386] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of Defense (Johnson)

493.419/3–2450


[388] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of Commerce (Sawyer)

493.119/6–850


[391] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

493.009/6–2950: Telegram


[393] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

493.009/7–150: Telegram


[395] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

946G.53/7–850: Telegram


[396] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

495A.969/7–1050: Telegram


[397] The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Secretary of State

493.509/7–1050: Telegram


[398] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in France

493.509/7–1050: Telegram


[399] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

493.409/7–1250: Telegram


[400] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

893.2553/7–1350


[401] The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Secretary of State

495A.509/7–1350: Telegram


[402] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

493.419/7–1450: Telegram


[403] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State

493.419/7–1550: Telegram


[404] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State

493.119/7–1650


[405] The Ambassador in France (Bruce) to the Secretary of State

495A.509/7–1750: Telegram


[409] The Chargé in France (Gray) to the Secretary of State

460.509/7–2450