State Department is quite disturbed: about de Gaulle's moves toward recognition of China. A long “analytical brief" was said to have been received by the American Embassy in Paris explaining the possible consequences of recognition, The main contention is that it would have a "domino" effect. A-flood of Afro-Asian recognitions would follow, probably rolling up sufficient votes in the United Nations to assure China!s entrance there; and thus the American policy of excluding Peking from the world organization would end in bankruptcy.
Kind Remarks Sting State Department
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