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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.

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[62] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy to the Consultant (Allison)

[Washington,] April 5, 1951.

694.001/4–551

[63] The Secretary of State to the Secretary of Defense (Marshall)

Washington, April 6, 1951.

694.001/4–651

[64] Editorial Note

[65] The Ambassador in Thailand (Stanton) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rusk)

Bangkok, April 9, 1951.

790.5/4–951

[66] Memorandum on the Substance of Discussions at a Department of State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting

[Washington,] April 11, 1951—11 a.m.

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[67] The Secretary of Defense (Marshall) to the Secretary of State

Washington, April 13, 1951.

790.5/4–1351

[68] Memorandum by the Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles) to the Secretary of State

[Washington,] April 13, 1951.

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[69] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Deputy to the Consultant (Allison)

[Washington,] April 14, 1951.

790.5/4–1451

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

Washington, April 16, 1951—1 p. m.

790.5/4–1651: Telegram

[71] Memorandum by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense(Marshall)

Washington, April 17, 1951.

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[72] The Secretary of State to the United States Political Adviser to SCAP (Sebald)

Washington, April 17, 1951—6 p. m.

694.001/4–1751: Telegram

[73] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Thailand

Washington, April 17, 1951—7 p. m.

790.5/4–1751: Telegram

[74] Memorandum by the Deputy to the Consultant (Allison) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rusk)

[Washington,] April 18, 1951.

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[75] Editorial Note

[76] Memorandum by the Deputy to the Consultant (Allison) to the Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles)

[Washington,] April 23, 1951.

694.001/4–2351

[77] Memorandum Prepared in the Department of State

[Washington,] May 3, 1951.

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[78] Memorandum by the Special Assistant for Occupied Areas in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Hamblen) to the Deputy to the Consultant (Allison)

Washington, May 15, 1951.

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[79] Unsigned Draft of Security Treaty Articles

[Washington,] May 31, 1951.

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[80] Draft of Security Treaty Article by the Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles)

[Washington,] June 1, 1951.

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[81] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Government Branch, Office for Occupied Areas, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Babcock)

[Washington,] June 25, 1951.2

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[82] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles)

[Washington,] June 25, 1951.

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[83] The Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles) to the Secretary of Defense (Marshall)

[Washington,] June 27, 1951.

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[84] Memorandum by the Secretary of State to the President

Washington, July 10, 1951.

790.5/7–1051

[85] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 17, 1951—4 p. m.

611.96/7–1751

[86] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Consultant to the Secretary (Dulles)

[Washington,] July 18, 1951—12:15 p. m.

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

Washington, July 18, 1951—3 p. m.

694.00/7–1751: Telegram

[88] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State

manila, July 19, 1951—4 p. m.

694.001/7–1951: Telegram

[89] The Ambassador in the Philippines (Cowen) to the Secretary of State

Manila, July 20, 1951—noon.

694.001/7–2051: Telegram

[90] The Secretary of Defense (Marshall) to the Secretary of State

Washington, 20 July 1951.

790.5/7–2051

[91] Memorandum on the Substance of Discussions at a Department of State–Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting

[Washington,] July 25, 1951—11 a. m.

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The memorandum was drafted the following day.↩