Evening star., 1950-08-28

FOltO1Ulng is the teIt OF PreSt-
dent Truman's letter to Warren
Austin, United States delegate
to the United Nations
Dear Warren:
AS I told you on the telephone
this morning I want to congratu-
late you on your able presentation
of the views of the United States
Government in the Security Coun-
Gil of the United Nations from the
first onset of the aggression
against the Republic of Korea
Throughout the entire course OF
the proceedings you have repre-
sented this Government with
great effectiveness and in full &C
cordance with my directions.
The letter which you addressed
to the Secretary General of the
United Nations on August 25 on
the subject of Formosa admirably
sums up of the fundamental posi-
ton of this Government as it had
been stated by me on June q and
in my message to the Congress on
July 10. You have clearly set forth
in that letter the heart and es-
sence of the problem. You have
faithfully set down my views as
they were then and as they are
now.
To the end that there be no mis-
understanding concerning the
position of the Government of the
United States with respect te
Formosa, it may be useful to re-
peat here the seven Fundamental
points which you so clearly stated
in your letter to Mr.. Lie.
q. The United States has mo-
encroached on the territory Q,
China, nor has the United State,
taken aggressive action agains
China.
.. The action of the Unitec
States in regard to Formosa wa.
taken at time when that iSlanc
was the scene of conflict with thu
mainland. More serious conflic1
was threatened by the public
declaration of the Chinese Com
munist authorities. Such con-
flict would have threatened the
security of the United Nations
forces operating in Korea under
the mandate of the Security Coun-
Gil to repel the aggression on the
Republic Of Korea. They threat
ened to extend the conflict
through the Pacific area.
"3. The action of the United
States was an impartial neutra-
lizing action addressed both tc
the forces on Formosa and to
those on the mainland. 1t was
an action designed to keep the
peace and was, therefore, in full
accord with the spirit of the
Charter of the United Nations
AS President Truman has solemn
ly declared, we have no designs
on, Formosa. and our action was
not inspired by any desire tc
acquire special position for the
United States.
80 The action of the United
States was expressly stated to be
without prejudice to the future
political settlement of the status
OF the island. The actual status
of the island is that it is terri
tory taken from Japan by the
victory of the Allied forces in the
Pacific. Like other such terri
tories, its legal status cannot be
fixed until there is international
action to determine it's future
The Chinese government was ask
ed by the Allies to take the sur
render OF the Japanese forces on
the island. That is the reason
the Chinese are there now.
"(5) The United States has a
record through history of friend
ship for the Chinese people. We
still feel the friendship and know
that millions of Chinese recipro-
cate it. We took the lead with
others in the last United Nations
General Assembly to secure ap-
proval of a resolution on the
integrity of China. Only the I'm
ion of the Soviet Socialist Repub-
(See TRUMAN TEXT Paoe Az,