ProQuest U.S. Congressional Hearings Digital Collection.

Reviews of the World Situation: 1949-1950. : Historical Series: hearings before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Eighty-First Congress, first session and Eighty-First Congress, second session.

Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1974.

v, 447 pages ; cm

Contains transcripts of certain Senate Foreign Relations Committee executive session hearings. Transcribed hearings are. a. Briefing on Paris Conference of U.S., British, and Soviet Foreign Ministers. May 19, June 22, 1949. p. 1-50. Includes discussion of prospects for German reunification, the Austrian peace treaty, and Europe's need for military assistance. Classified material has been deleted. b. Briefing on the British-U.S. trade and loan agreement. Sept. 20, 1949. p. 51-70. Includes discussion of British trade relations with the Commonwealth and Western European nations, and import restriction against the U.S. Classified material has been deleted. c. Briefing on the proposed Austrian peace treaty, and conditions in the Far East. Oct. 12, 1949. p. 71-104. Includes discussion of Indian-U.S. relations, the People's Republic of China, Sino-Soviet relations, and Taiwan. d. Briefing on the world situation. Jan. 10, 13, 1950. p. 105-200. Includes discussion of Soviet policy in Eastern and Western Europe, intra-European relations, the proposed Japanese peace treaty, and the status of Taiwan and the People's Republic of China. Also includes general briefings on Southeast Asia and Latin America. e. Briefing on West Germany. Jan. 25, 1950. p. 201-228. Includes discussion of German denazification program, free elections, and German-Soviet relations. f. Briefing on the situation in the Far East and Southeast Asia. Jan. 26, Mar. 29, 1950. p. 229-284. Includes discussion of U.S. foreign policy towards Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, Sino-Soviet relations, and communist activities throughout the Far East and Southeast Asia. Also includes briefing on European-West German relations. Classified material has been deleted. g. Briefings by Secretary of State Dean Acheson. May 1, July 24, Sept. 11, Nov. 28, Dec. 22, 1950. p. 285-395, 425-447. Includes discussion of the outbreak and progress of the Korean War, fighting in Indochina, the status of Taiwan, recognition of the People's Republic of China, and the political situation in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Also includes discussion of NATO military strategy, the London and Brussels NATO Conferences, the appointment of General Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of the NATO forces and the rearmament of West Germany. Classified material has been deleted. h. Briefing on the Truman-Attlee meeting and the situation in the Far East. Dec. 9, 1950. p. 397-424. Includes discussion of U.S.-British relations and British policy regarding the Korean War and the admission of the People's Republic of China to the U.N.

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