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

Editorial Note

In a letter to Mr. Dulles dated December 27, 1951, titled “Memo for Ambassador Dulles”, Prime Minister Yoshida discussed three topics. He urged Mr. Dulles to take part in the selection of an outstanding and well-known U.S. Ambassador to Japan. He stated that the difference in policy between Great Britain and the United States on the China question posed a dilemma to Japan, urged that the two powers find a united clear-cut policy on the issue, and stated that once this was done Japan would go along, setting aside its own inclinations and interests for the sake of a common front of free nations. Lastly, the Prime Minister gave his views on what he described as the counter-infiltration of Communist China. (Lot 54 D 423)