(Sanitized)CHINESE-AMERICAN RELATIONS(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004400370006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25XREPOR1
INFORMATION RE-PORT CD CIO.
COUNTRY China
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Chinese-Arericara Relr.tions
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2. The recognition seers to be advisable and urgent because:
a. It is of utmost i?)ortance th^.t the non-Communist governments keep a
united front. This refers especially to their policy towards South-
east Asia.
b. Non-recognition of Cornr~uniet Ch'ne, nlrys into Russian hams. It is
obvious th^t the Soviet Union is striving to keep Arerica and, China
se-,arated and at log7erhea,d.s. It ni ht be a correct assur- tion that
the seizure of the Consulate General in Pelting was done on Russian
instig tion. Z",AC Tse-tung is not yet such a dyed-in-the-wool Cori
nist that the Kremlin wouIrl gladly expose him to "capitalist" influu
enc;a3. The Russians are also fully aware of the fact that the urgent
Chinese need for industrialization can be more easily satisfied by the
United States than by the Soviet Union.
c. From the view of their policy tow'trds Japan it would be desirable that
the United States have dinlorr,atic contact with Communist Chl.na. The
economic rehabilitainn of Japan is indispensable to the United States.
The prerequisite of such a recovery is to find. foreign.narkets for the
large and unavoidable ir7pnrts. The most im?sortant and promising market
for Jap,.nese goods is China. A resumption of economic relations between
the counUries is to be expected. The economic relati-ns will heve the
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The decision of the United States to keep out of the internal Chinese
strife seemed for a time to clear the way for shaping a new American
policy towards China. After virtually sev...ng its bonds with the
Nationalist Government, the American Government had its hand.s free to
recognize the Chinese Communists at a propitious moment. This situation
was reversed, however, by the Chinese Communists' seizing the American
Consulate General in Peiping. For reasons of prestige it will now be
impos.tble for Ar.:eric^ to recognise MkO Tee-tong for an indefinite period.
The question is whether this recognition is desirable in -orinci)le and, if
so, how it could be performed without losing, face.
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tendency to broaden and develop to a general intercourse.
d. In spite of the long feud between China and Japan:tnd the antagonism
of their regtnes one common ground will be left for both eastern Asiatic
nations: the slogan "Asia to the Asiaticst" The hate of foreigners and
the wish to get rid of them might develop a closer understanding than is
desired, by the Western nations. It will be most important for the United
States to observe and control this development in a more efficient way than
is feasible from Japan alone. The access to China and diplomatic relations
with this country are indispensable for attaining this goal. However
far-fetched these considerations may appear they are bound to soon become
most important.