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 CIS NO: 74-S381-6
 TITLE: Economic Assistance to China and Korea: 1949-50. Historical Series.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: v+289 p. il.
 DATE: Mar. 11, 15, 18, 22, 24, 29, June 28, July 7, 12, 1949, Jan. 24,
     31, 1950
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 81-1; 81-2        SUDOC: Y4.F76/2:C44/11/949-50
 LC CARD NO: 74-600804               MC ENTRY NO: 07498(74)

 Fifth in a series of releases of transcripts of hearings held in executive
 session during the early post World War II period. These hearings, made
 public in Jan. 1974, focus on the following 81st Congress bills:
 S. 1063, to provide economic aid to China.
 S. 2319, to provide economic aid to Korea.
 S. 2845, to obligate already appropriated China aid funds until June 30,
     1950.
 Includes discussion (p. 5-15, 113-114, 229-230) on military position of
 Nationalist China and on various phases of the China aid program.
   Committee members participating in the discussions were Senators Tom
 Connally (D-Tex), Walter F. George (D-Ga), Elbert D. Thomas (D-Utah),
 Millard E. Tydings (D-Md), Claude Pepper (D-Fla), Theodore Francis Green
 (D-RI), Brien McMahon (D-Conn), J. W. Fulbright (D-Ark), Arthur H.
 Vandenburg (R-Mich), Alexander Wiley (R-Wis), H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ),
 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa), and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R-Mass).
 Appendices contain:
 Appendix I: documents relating to S. 1063, including texts of S. 1063, and
     related H.R. 3539 and H.R. 3830, and S. Rpt. 81-329 (p. 231-250).
 Appendix II: documents relating to S. 2319, including texts of S. 2319, and
     related H.R. 5330, H. Doc. 81-212, S. Rpt. 81-748, and P.L. 81-447 (S.
     2319), the Far Eastern Economic Assistance Act of 1950 (p. 251-282).
 Appendix III: documents relating to S. 2845 including text and S. Rpt.
     81-1251 (p. 283-289).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50
 DESCRIPTORS: MCMAHON, BRIEN; FULBRIGHT, J. WILLIAM; VANDENBERG, ARTHUR
     H.; WILEY, ALEXANDER; SMITH, H. ALEXANDER; HICKENLOOPER, BOURKE B.;
     LODGE, HENRY CABOT, JR.; GREEN, THEODORE FRANCIS; PEPPER, CLAUDE;
     TYDINGS, MILLARD E.; THOMAS, ELBERT D.; GEORGE, WALTER F.; CONNALLY,
     TOM T.; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; TAIWAN; KOREA; FAR
     EASTERN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE ACT

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 1          Mar. 11, 18, 1949 p. 3-4, 17-53
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     ACHESON, DEAN G. (Sec of State)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Need for U.S. aid to Nationalist China; review
     of events in China since VJ Day; evaluation of Chinese economic power;
     potential for Sino-Russian friendship after a Communist victory.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 2          Mar. 22, 1949 p. 56-88
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BARR, DAVID G. (Maj. Gen.) (Dir, Jt US Military Advisory Group to
        Republic of China)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Reasons for Communist successes in China; role
     of Formosa after Communist victory; assessment of present Nationalist
     military position; likely political, social, and economic structure in
     China after Communist takeover and potential danger to U.S.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 3          Mar. 24, 1949 p. 89-112
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LAPHAM, ROGER D. (Administrator, Economic Cooperation Admin Mission to
        China)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Financing needs for China aid program; nature of
     policy options remaining in view of Communist advance; importance of
     aiding Nationalists despite their apparent loss.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50
 DESCRIPTORS: ECONOMIC COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 4          June 28, July 7, 1949 p. 115-171
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WEBB, JAMES E. (Under Sec of State)
     HOFFMAN, PAUL G. (Administrator, Economic Cooperation Admin (ECA))
     JOHNSON, EDGAR A. (Dir, Korean Div, ECA); accompanied by HOFF,
        WILLIAM J. (ECA)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
     Nature of U.S. foreign policy objectives in Far East, especially Korea;
        characteristics of democracy in Korea; background of Korean economic
        problems and ECA proposals. (p. 115-129)
       Endorsement of Korea aid bill; extent of Korean industrial capacity,
     and food, fuel, and transportation needs; political consequences of not
     providing aid to Korea. (p. 129-171)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50
 DESCRIPTORS: ECONOMIC COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 5          July 12, 1949 p. 174-191
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     TODD, W. E. (Maj. Gen.) (Brig. Gen.) (Dir, Jt Intelligence Group,
        JCS); accompanied by TIMBERMAN, T. S. (Brig. Gen.) (Chief of Ops,
        Plans and Ops Div, Dept of Army)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Probability of North Korean attack on South
     Korea; feasibility of supporting resistance to Communists in China;
     advisability of economic aid to Korea.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50
 DESCRIPTORS: JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF; DEPARTMENT.OF.ARMY

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 6          Jan. 24, 1950 p. 193-217
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     ACHESON, DEAN G. (Sec of State)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Magnitude of economic aid required by U.S. East
     Asian foreign policy; problems of remaining U.S. property, citizens, and
     other interests in China.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50

 74-S381-6 TESTIMONY NO: 7          Jan. 24, 1950 p. 217-228
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KNOWLAND, WILLIAM F. (Sen, R-Calif)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Need for aid to Korea; objections to a broad
     East Asian aid program.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Economic assistance to China and Korea, 1949-50