Evening star., 1951-06-03

your attention, Mr.. SECRETARY. to
page 1897 of the record of yester-
day, June /, let me read you the
following:
Without evidencing undue
preoccupation with the subject,
emphasize as appropriate any of
the following main points:
And then Point Number 2:
"Formosa has no special mill
Eary significance.
From whom in the military es-
tablishment did the State Depart
Iment get any advice, and the dates
if any, advising them that Formosa
had no special military signifi-
Icance?
Aim to Minimize Damage.
Mr.. AcheSon--No one has ad-
vised the State Department that
Formosa has no military signifi-
canoe. AS I said yesterday and
today. Senator, this is directive
as to the line to be taken in the
event that Formosa falls. in order
to minimize the damage to us.
II it falls, therefore it is not in
the hands of people friendly to-
the United States, this indicates
that they should minimize that
damage by saying that it has no
special military significance.
AS I said yesterday, this is a
common attitude in dealing with
things which are disadvantageous
ITO us.
Senator Knowland-I call your
attention to page 1898 of yester-
days record, paragraph 4-"InI
areas of insistent demand for
United States action, particularly
in the United States itself"
might say parenthetically I as
sumo this was to build up public
opinion in this country - I'VE
should occasionally make clear
that seeking United States bases
on Formosa. sending in troops
and so far as I know Gen. Mac
Arthur has never advocated doing
either one of these two" supply |
ing arms diSpatching naval units.
or taking any similar action
would (a) accomplish no material
good for China or it's Nationalist
regime"
Now, in the light of the first
statement I read this afternoon
that this was the last substantial
part under Nationalist control,
how do you square that with the
fact that if they were furnished
some arms, or if, as we ultimately
did, we dispatched naval units in
the form Of the Seventh Fleet,
that that would accomplish no
material good for China or its
regime?
Mr.. AcheSon-NoW, may I say,
Senator, that in reading from the
record you are still reading from
the information paper?
Cites Truman Statement.
Senator Knowland-I am read
ing from the information paper,
but ! believe that the information
paper clearly fits in with the at
titude expressed by the Depart
ment in the China White Paper,
which was prior to- this doucment,
and clearly fits in with the state
ment of the President of the
United States on January S, 1850,
in which it was publicly an
then as a matter of the
same policy which underlines this
document, No. %, I have been
reading from. in which the Presi-
dent says: Similarly the United
States Government will not pro-
vide military aid or advice to
Chinese forces on Formosa."
I am merely trying to point
out that I believe that far from
being a mere guidance paper in
the event that certain things
should happen, by the attitude
which the Department took in it's
China White Paper on or about
August l of that same year. and
by the ultimate statement of the
President on January of the
following year. this paper clearly
the policy which we
were following in regard to For
moSa.
MIR. Acheson-The object of my
was to make it clear
in the record that you are reading
from the information paper. Now,
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