The Office Memorandum outlines strategies for addressing potential United Nations discussions on the Formosa (Taiwan) issue. It emphasizes the US policy of neutralizing Formosa to prevent its seizure by forces hostile to US interests, advocates for delaying any definitive action, and suggests diverting discussions toward a study commission if debate becomes unavoidable, while reaffirming the US stance against ceding Formosa to Communist China.

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In this conversation Molotov reads out to Mao the part of Acheson's Jan. 12 statement about the Soviet take-over of Manchuria, Mongolia and Xinjiang. Molotov proposes that the Chinese Foreign Ministry issues a refutation. Mao suggests that Xinhua should do that, but Molotov disagrees, and Mao promises that the Foreign Ministry will issue a statement. Mao, for his part, mentions several US probes to establish relations with Communist China, but notes that his policy is to keep the Americans at arms' length, and, in fact, to force them to leave China altogether. Towards the end Molotov and Mao discuss China's representation at the UN (Molotov asks that China appoint a representative, something that Mao appears reluctant to do), and China's representation at the Allied Control Council for Japan.