China: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1940-1944 (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

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China in WWII is the focus of this collection. Documents include correspondence from the American Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai (1940); discussions calling for protection of American newspapers in China; letters to Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state; the correspondence of Everett F. Drumright, American consul (1942); samples of “Chinese Communist publications” supplied by the Embassy at Chungking (1943). Topics include U.S. efforts to give military assistance to China; U.S. Army analysis of military operations; U.S. interests regarding Kuomintang-Communist relations; and efforts to provide technical assistance to China and to facilitate greater cultural cooperation.


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