Selected Executive Session Hearings of the Committee, 1951-56; Volume XVII: U.S. Policy in the Far East. Part 1, U.S. Policy and Japan, the Korean War and Peace Negotiations, South Asian and Related Problems : hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific Ocean Area, Eighty-Second Congress, first session and Eighty-Second Congress, second session and Eighty-Third Congress, first session and Eighty-Third Congress, second session and Eighty-Fourth Congress, first session and Eighty-Fourth Congress, second session.

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Book

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific.

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English

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

International relations.

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xi, 396 pages

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Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1980.

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Contains transcripts of House Foreign Relations Committee executive session hearings. Transcribed hearings are. a. Japanese Peace Treaty negotiations. July 11, 1951. p. 6-21. b. Japanese and Far Eastern affairs. Jan. 18, 1952. p. 32-44. Includes discussions of British trade objectives in Far East and Asian mutual security relations. c. U.S.-Japan status of forces agreement proposal. Jan. 21, Feb. 27, 1952. p. 45-74. d. Japanese security program and economic problems. Feb. 27, 1954. p. 75-90. Includes discussions of increased Japanese rearmament, and of the influence of communism in Japan. e. Briefings on Korean War developments and policies. Apr. 5, May 25, 1951. p. 117-150. f. Korean War cease-fire negotiations. July 3, 1951, May 19, 20, 1952, July 16, 1953. p. 151-216, 227-249. Includes discussions of U.S. reaction to Soviet cease-fire negotiation proposals, impact of North Korean prisoners of war uprising at Koje-do Island camp, reluctance to return to North Korean negotiations, and of South Korean President Syngman Rhee's resistance to negotiating a Korean War armistice. g. Briefing on South Korean internal political affairs. June 5, 1952. p. 217-225. Includes discussions of South Korean President Syngman Rhee's unpopularity, conflicts with the Korean National Assembly, and imposition of martial law around Pusan. h. Asia travel reports by House special study mission members. Apr. 23, 1953. p. 261-293. Includes discussions of U.S. aid to India and Pakistan and of Indo-Pakistani relations. i. Review of Foreign Operations Administration programs in the Far East and South Asia. Apr. 21, 1955. p. 295-331. j. Review of USIA programs in Indochina and South Asia. Apr. 28, 1955. p. 333-359. Includes discussion of U.S. public relations campaign on behalf of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. k. South Asian and Southeast Asia travel reports by Special House Study Mission members. Jan. 25, 1956. p. 361-396. Includes discussion of foreign resentment of U.S. aid program administration and adequacy.

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