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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000030010-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 20, 1948
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. US views on Security Council action on Indonesia?The De-
partment of State has advised the US representative to the
Security Council in Paris not to "assume a position of out-
standing and solitary leadership" in the Indonesian case,
but to act in association with as many SC members as
possible. The Department considers that the Security Coun-
cil's first objective should be to call upon the parties in the
dispute to desist from further hostilities.
(CIA Comment: C/A believes that the USSR may be
preparing to take the initiative in the Indonesian case when
the Sc reconvenes on 22 December.)
Dutch to De sist in police action?US Embassy The Hague
( expresses its belt that the Dutch intend to carry through
\malt their military-operations in Indonesia regar
action by the UN Security Council. The Embassy
the Dutch public regrets that police action was halted-In 1947
and will now insist that the Government carry this new action
to a successful completion even in the face of international
condemnation.
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2. CHINA: US Embass views on cessation of munitions shipments-- 5-75
US Embassy Nankin expresses its belief thatthe stoppage of
US munitions shipments to the National Government at this
time would inevitably be interpreted as confirmation of the al-
ready growing belief that the US is "through with" Chiang
Kai-shek and favors a coalition with the Communists. The
Embassy states that cessation of munitions shipments would
ih.c tainly discourage forces, both in and out of the Government,
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o wish to continue resistance and would inevitably doom their
orts to failure. If US policy continues to involve support of
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these anti-Cominunist filen/Mita, the Embassy rec,:iertmende
that future munitions shipments be diverted to Carton rathei
than Taiwan, because; (a) when Chiang Kai-shek is forced 't
to be Nanking his headquarters will orobahly fall lrie.c fn.,*
to Naneilallt, then to Canton, and ?only al a much later 5
to Taiwan; and lb) military shipments to Taiwan NVOuid at
this stage increase the known concern of the native Taiwan-
ese over the influx of N.ational Government organtzalions to4
Taiwan.
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Embassy Nanking has -been informed that Vice President
Li Tsung-Jen has been itegotieting with Communists 1 in
Shanglta and Hong Kony in an effort to secure Communist
recognition of the present Government under his leadership;
when and if Chiang Kai-shek leaves office, Accordiag to
the Embassy, la also approached Soviet officials in Nankin,
who expressed the opinion that the Chinese Commerista
would not recopeze a c vlinuation of the present Govern-
ment, but perhaps woulel recognize a "temporary provision*
government" under leaders'iip. The Embassy questhant
Li's q.bility to head a new government, however, because Li!.
(a) is conhised as to the most suitable course of artton:
(b) appears to lack the cceirage to tisk Chiang Kai-ehek to
retire as long as Chiang' controls the local garaged' rvi
secret police; and (c) is not thcleded in consultatiens amongl
other Governmeni leaders over the question of Chianfes
succession.
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