FAR EAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060060-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 60
• Content Type: SUMMARY

Approved For Release 2008/06/30: CIA-RDP78-01617AO06100060060-8
FAR EAST
CHINA; Possible split in Communist Party--According to
US Consul General Shanghai, a Chinese source has told
a US official in Shanghai that Communist General Chen Yi,
mayor of Shanghai and commander of the Third Field Army,
is "fed up" with Soviet influence over the Peiping regime
and foresees a possible split in.Chinese Communist ranks
following Mao Tse-tung's return from Moscow. Chen is
allegedly interested in learning whether the US would assist
the `China first" group in the event of an open split. The
US Consul General has "strong reason to believe" that this
approach is "genuine,"but recommends that in view of the
vulnerability of US personnel in Communist China, the US
obtain "infallible proof" that the Chinese source is an
authorized spokesman, for Chen and that further conversa-
tions be carried on in Hong Kong.
State Dept. review completed
Approved For Release 2008/06/30: CIA-RDP78-01617AO06100060060-8