U.S. POLICY TOWARD CHINA IS EXPLAINED

Wanganui Chronicle, 11 September 1950, Page 5

U.S. POLICY TOWARD CHINA IS EXPLAINED

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (Reed. Bpm). A three-point programme for the American policy toward China was outlined today by the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Rusk, in an address to the ex-Servicemen’s Convention in Cleveland. He said the United States should first attempt to find a way to sustain the historic friendship between the American and Chinese peoples, making it clear that the United States had “no aggressive designs whatever upon China.” Secondly, the United States should make it equally clear that they would take the “most serious view of acts of aggression which night set in motion in the mainland of China on behalf of the Communist conspiracy.” Thirdly, they would emphasise the, United States “shall not accept a right of any clique in China to preside over the dismemberment of China for the benefit of .Soviet Imperialism.” Mr. Rusk said the United States must insist on the end of hostilities between Formosa, held by the Nationalists, and Communist China, and would support a peaceful settlement of the Formosa problem by international action. He added that the United States would continue economic aid to the island and furnish “selected military assistance to put it. in a better position to defend itself if an attempt is made to dispose of the Formosa problem by armed attack.” Concerning Japan, Mr. Rusk said the time had come to ’move toward a Japanese peace settlement and to make it possible for Japan to accept the full privileges and responsibilities of international life to which her people were now entitled.