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On the recordAugust 26, 1950
If the Security Council wishes to study the question of Formosa we shall support and assist that study.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Ambassador Warren Austin Restating the U.S. Position on Formosa.

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