Office of the Historian

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.

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

Manila, July 26, 1951—3 p. m.

790.5/7–2651: Telegram

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

Washington, July 27, 1951—4 p.m.

790.5/7–2751: Telegram

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

Manila, August 6, 1951—6 p. m.

790.5/8–651: Telegram

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

Manila, August 10, 1951—3 p. m.

790.5/8–1051: Telegram

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

Manila, August 12, 1951—2 p. m.

790.5/8–1251: Telegram

[107] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Philippines

Washington, August 14, 1951—5 p. m.

694.001/8–1451: Telegram

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

Manila, August 16, 1951—10 a. m.1

694.001/8–1551: Telegram

[118] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Gifford) to the Secretary of State

London, November 28, 1951—6 p. m.

790.5/11–2851: Telegram

[119] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in London

Washington, December 1, 1951—11:27 a. m.

790.5/11–2851: Telegram

[121] Draft Position Paper Prepared in the Department of State

[Washington,] December 20, 1951.

Lot M–88: CFM Files

  1. Received August 15.↩
  2. Memorandum drafted November 2.↩
  3. Drafted December 13. A marginal notation in an unidentified hand reads: “Approved Dec. 17, 1951 by Amb. Myron Cowen.”↩