Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Asia and the Pacific, Volume VI, Part 1

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The Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Rusk) to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines (Romulo)¹

[Washington,] August 29, 1951.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: In connection with the Mutual Defense Treaty which we are about to sign I want to confirm to you our understanding that there is an interdependence between this Treaty and the contemplated Japanese Peace Treaty in the sense that it is assumed that both of us will sign and ratify both Treaties.

Sincerely yours,

Dean Rusk

1. Letter drafted by Mr. Dulles.