Interest of the United States in a regional alliance of East Asian and Pacific powers; negotiation of a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines and a security treaty with Australia and New Zealand 1
1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1950, vol. vi, pp. 1 ff. and pp. 1109 ff., respectively. The latter compilation contains the greater part of the documentation regarding proposals which closely preceded those at the outset of the present compilation.
[32] Memorandum by the Special Assistant to the Consultant (Allison) to the Ambassador’ at Large (Jessup)
[Washington,] January 4,
1951.
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[33] Memorandum by Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Consultant to the Secretary, to the Ambassador at Large (Jessup)
[Washington,] January 4,
1951.
790.5/1–451
[35] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and North European Affairs (Satterthwaite)
[Washington,] January 11,
1951.
743.5/1–1151
[37] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Special Assistant to the Consultant (Allison)
[Washington,] January 12,
1951.
694.001/1–1251
[38] Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Perkins) to Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Consultant to the Secretary
[Washington,] January 15,
1951.
790.5/1–1551
[41] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)
Washington, January 31, 1951—7 p. m.
790.5/1–3151: Telegram
[42] The United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald) to the Secretary of State
[Tokyo,] February 2, 1951.
790.5/2–251: Telegram
[43] The United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald) to the Secretary of State
Tokyo, February 2,
1951.
790.5/2–251: Telegram
[44] The Ambassador in Indonesia (Cochran) to the Secretary of State
Djakarta, February 3, 1951—5 p. m.
790.5/2–351: Telegram
[45] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Burton Kitain of the Office of British Commonwealth and Northern European Affairs
[Washington,] February 8,
1951.
794A.00/2–851
[46] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)
Washington, February 8, 1951—4 p. m.
790.5/2–251
[47] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)
Washington, February 8, 1951—7 p. m.
694.001/2–851: Telegram
[48] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy to the Consultant (Allison) at the Malacanan Palace, 10:45 a. m.
Manila, February 12,
1951.
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[50] Memorandum by Mr. Robert A. Fearey of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs
Canberra, February 14,
1951.
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[52] Memorandum by Mr. Robert A. Fearey of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs
[Canberra,] February 17,
1951—morning.
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[53] Memorandum by Mr. Robert A. Fearey of the Office of Northeast Asian Affairs
Canberra, February 17,
1951—afternoon.
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[55] Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Consultant to the Secretary, to the Minister for External Affairs of New Zealand (Doidge)
Canberra, February 18,
1951.
790.5/2–1851
[56] Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Consultant to the Secretary, to the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers (MacArthur)
Washington, March 2,
1951.
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[57] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Australia
Washington, March
13, 1951—7 p. m.
790.5/3–1351: Telegram
[58] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State
Manila, March
15, 1951—6 p. m.
694.001/3–1551: Telegram
[59] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Indonesia
Washington, March
30, 1951—5 p. m.
694.001/3–3051: Telegram
[60] The Ambassador in Indonesia (Cochran) to the Secretary of State
Djakarta, April 4,
1951—noon.
694.001/4–451: Telegram
[61] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of Defense (Marshall)
Washington, April 5,
1951.
694.001/4–551
- Sir Percy Spender states that the talks between himself, Mr. Dulles, and F. W. Doidge (New Zealand’s Minister of External Affairs and Island Territories) began with the arrival of Mr. Dulles in Australia February 14 and continued through part of February 18. No memoranda of conversations held in Canberra February 14–15 or February 18 have been found in Department of State files. Sir Percy describes the talks held February 14–15, as well as the conversations of the following days, in detail. Certain discrepancies, largely with regard to the sequence of discussions, exist between his account of the conversations of February 16–17 and that contained in this and the two following documents. (Sir Percy Spender, Exercises in Diplomacy: The ANZUS Treaty and the Colombo Plan (New York: New York University Press, 1969), pp. 112–133,147–161.)↩