THE CHINA LOBBY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597R000100070136-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 136
• Publication Date: June 11, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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11 June 1951
Memorandum for: The Director
From: Legislative Counsel
Subject: The China Lobby
1. On Saturday Secretary of State Acheson stated that
he had discussed the possible investigation of the China lobby with
the President, and the Secretary was --
"authorized and directed by the President to say to
the joint committee that he has instructed the agencies
of the executive branch having powers and duties in
regard to this matter to get together all their
material and bring it together so that there can be
an immediate, or as soon as possible, an appraisal
of what is known in the executive branch, with a
view to going forward to legal action if that is
provable by what is known, or by conducting in-
vestigations further if that appears to be the proper
course to follow, or in making public the situation
If that seems to be the proper course.
"He has also authorised me and directed me to
say that he will direct all these agencies of the
Government to cooperate to the fullest possible
extent with any committee or committees of the
Congress which wish to go into this matter for the
purpose of informing them what is known, for the
purpose of helping any investigation, for the purpose
of assisting them in coming to a conclusion as to
whether or not they wish to have one."
2. In discussing the material available on the China lobby,
Secretary Acheson stated that
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"There are reports from other agencies such as
the CIA reporting things which have been said to
them, and those are sent along to the other agencies
of GovernmenA, tftifiiittte Department."
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3. In view of the above, there will doubtless be requests
to CIA for any material we may have regarding the China lobby.
This is a controversy which we should try to avoid if possible, but
I believe we should make a survey to determine what material
we have on this subject and what dissemination it has received.
Walter L. Pforzheimer
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