DEPARTMENT OF STATE THE SECRETARY
April 10, 1950
Governor Dewey telephoned the Secretary from Albany to clear certain portions of a long speech he has prepared to deliver at Princeton. He read to the Secretary the part about China, and referred in strong terms to China being given away at Yalta. He referred also to reversal of opinion on China as a reason for failure and stated that the "only flicker of hope for China and the Far East was in Formosa."
The Secretary did not disagree with Governor Dewey on the first two points, but said the statement about the flicker of hope made him very unhappy. He said we considered that the hope in the Far East is to drive a wedge between Peiking and Moscow, and to reach agreement on a Japanese Peace Treaty, or at least a Japanese settlement. Governor Dewey agreed to strike out the "flicker of hope" and it was decided unwise for him to mention the wedge. The Secretary suggested he might say something about the heartening outlook in the bi-partisan consultation on the Far East.
Mr. Dewey then told the Secretary he was taking little or no notice of the McCarthy charges. He read to the Secretary a portion of the speech dealing with bi-partisanship containing a statement to the effect that charges that our foreign policy was not being shaped by persons of unquestionable loyalty could not be ignored. On discussing this point, Governor Dewey readily agreed to the Secretary's suggestion that this seemed to condone McCarthy's actions, which the Governor said he certainly did not want to do. The Secretary suggested an affirmative approach - saying that certainly foreign policy must be formed by persons of unquestionable loyalty and then mention the plans which have been suggested to insure this.
The Secretary thanked Mr. Dewey very warmly for calling on these matters.
L. D. B
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