Selected Executive Session Hearings of the Committee, 1951-56; Vol. XVIII: U.S. Policy in the Far East. Part 2, Development in Southeast Asia, the China Question : hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific Ocean Area, Eighty-Third Congress, first session and Eighty-Third Congress, second session and Eighty-Second Congress, second session and Eighty-Fourth Congress, first session.

Considers (84) H.J. Res. 159, (83) H.J. Res. 286, (83) H.J. Res. 557, (83) H.J. Res. 613, (83) H.J. Res. 620, (83) H.J. Res. 558, (83) H.J. Res. 159.

Contains transcripts of certain House Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings. Transcribed hearings are. a. French views on Indochinese political and military affairs. May 3, 1952. p. 11-22. b. Briefings on Southeast Asian affairs. Apr. 24, July 30, 1953, Feb.18, 1954. p. 23-129. Includes discussions of French Indochina War developments and of Southeast Asian regional political affairs and communist influence. c. Geneva Conference on Indochina. May 11, July 21, 1954. p. 129-190. Includes discussions of Southeast Asian regional security. d. Establishment of SEATO and discussion of Southeast Asian political affairs. Mar. 8, 17, 1955. p. 191-244. Includes discussion of U.S. response to People's Republic of China attack on Formosa Straits Islands. e. Views of K. C. Wu on communist activities in China. July 24, 1953. p. 255-284. Includes discussion of personal experiences as former mayor of Shanghai and former Nationalist Chinese Political Advice-Minister of the Foreign Ministry. f. Briefing on Japanese and on Formosan affairs. July 29, 1953. p. 285-312. g. Admission on the People's Republic of China to U.N. July 31, 1953, July 9, 1954. p. 313-370. Includes discussion of Sense of Congress Resolutions calling for U.S. withdrawal from the U.N. if the People's Republic of China is admitted as a member. h. Resolution on Formosa Straits crisis. Jan. 24, 195. p. 371-421. Includes discussion of U.S. military response to People's Republic of China attack on Formosa Straits Islands under Taiwan's control. i. Views of retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William A. Worton on Chinese affairs. Mar. 2, 1955. p. 423-435. j. Briefing on Asian affairs. Mar. 3, 1955. p. 437-468. k. Briefing on military capabilities of People's Republic of China and on Far East military affairs. Mar. 24, 1955. p. 469-513.