BACKGROUND - HOT AND COLD VARIATIONS BETWEEN THE FOREIGN POLICIES OF MOSCOW AND PEIPING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01443R000300180008-3
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 17, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

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of Peiping's
operating within
eating;", the line-soviet partnership
d trasework of general agreement on
strategic objectives* Wit
able scope for var:t
separate policies,
11. These var:
lave:
y onto the stage
we have seen apparent contradictions
policies and those of the USSR.
a framework there is consider
formulation and execution of
em from differences in goo
and political develo ea
nd external and
internal problems which confront the respecti
o, there
marked d i f ference in the prevail in
dersbip groups. The l orcov regime is chiefly preoccupied
with the consolidation and strengthening
control, whereas the Chinese leaders are eti
enced and driven by revolutionary psychology and b,.
territorial objectives.
.y influ-
ill. While both Soviet and Chinese leaders since the Geneva conference
edly professed their desire for a relaxation of
ws, peaceful co-.existence, and closer economic and politi
countries having "different soc
nature of the most urgent problems confront
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toward the United States and. Nationalist China, on the one
hand, and Americas major allies and the "uncommitted" Asian
countries,, on the other,
am l Inn the first two weeks Of December, both
Moscow and Peiping condemned US aggressive aims and demanded
that the US withdraw its support from Formosa or be fully
r! risible for the a onsequ encesss # During the same. period,
there were indications that tied China and Afghani.sstan had
greed to establish relations,. Peiping announced the
appointment of its first ambassador to Norway, Peiping
concluded agreements with Burma on trades, improveme n t
of communications across borders and other manifestations
of friendly relations,: and Moscow was pointedly encouraging
the now Japanese government to establish better relations
with the USSR and China.
VI. A survey of Chinese Communist statements and actions shows the
Peiping regime to be following a ".soft" line toward all govern-
,re except the US and Nationalist Chinas. which Peiping is
attempting to isolate as the joint c1 m&es of Communist China
and of "Peace.. "
,
V11* This position. appears to have two main motivations, First,
the post-oW*rld War II course of events has placed the US in a
position which represented the greatest threat to the Peiping
regime and the greatest obstacle to the achievement of unfulfilled
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ambitious* The Chinese leadere # accordingly, have Attempted
to extract the maximum advantage from their collisions
with peer and interests in the peer t to
their am Internal position and international prost & ? They
have sought to force the to deal directly with Peiping
on the prisoner* issue, They probably hope to register a
major prestige success from the UN 8"retemy
to Piping.
Viii, T
c n't ront
end main motivation of Chinats be
and sacrifices an their people by constantly holding
piing leaders. They are following the
L*a minsasion
from the immense internal problem which
.atiniist formula of justifying the imposition of
before this
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eleear e
throat of "' aggression
t 8diet and Chinese foreign policy mov
the right hand knows what the left
doing and vice-vegesa, In those areas whore both
Peiping and oe have direct i me ttass Cpan., Southeast
re smears to be excellent coordifation
application of the co xisgltonce bait*
where the interests of e.3the' Peiping or Moscow are
a on the one? hand and Western Europe on the
other-thee e-rdinati+ at action in not as smooth but
there to no lack of support by one for the other,
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