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In 1940, Lattimore characterized Soviet policy in Mongolia as "in the interests of the Mongol people as a whole."  

In 1940, Lattimore characterized Soviet policy in Mongolia as "in the interests of the Mongol people as a whole."  

Lattimore argued that the Soviet Union had any valid claim to be called a [[democracy]], but that Americans were reluctant to admit it, "even when democratic procedures are as plainly stated as they are in the [[Stalin Constitution]]."<ref>''Asia in a New World Order'', by Owen Lattimore, Foreign Policy Report, September 1, 1942.</ref> Lattimore placed the three principals of [[Sun Yat-sen]], Soviet [[collectivism]] and the [[New Deal]] as all akin to one another.

Lattimore argued that the Soviet Union had a valid claim to be called a [[democracy]], but that Americans were reluctant to admit it, "even when democratic procedures are as plainly stated as they are in the [[Stalin Constitution]]."<ref>''Asia in a New World Order'', by Owen Lattimore, Foreign Policy Report, September 1, 1942.</ref> Lattimore placed the three principals of [[Sun Yat-sen]], Soviet [[collectivism]] and the [[New Deal]] as all akin to one another.

Lattimore recommended highly ''Challenge of Red China'', written by Guenther Stein, a member of Richard Sorge's Soviet spy ring in Tokyo. Of Communist propagandist<ref>Douglas Martin, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/world/asia/israel-epstein-prominent-chinese-communist-dies-at-90.html Israel Epstein, Prominent Chinese Communist, Dies at 90], ''New York Times'', June 2, 2005</ref> Israel Epstein's ''Unfinished Revolution in China'' he wrote, "When he pleads his case the arguments pile up like a wedge." When Lattimore resigned as editor of ''Pacific Affairs'', he was succeeded by Michael Greenberg, a Communist Party member. Lattimore then became a member of the editorial board of the notorious journal ''[[Amerasia]]'', in the offices of which OSS agents would find hundreds of stolen US government documents, mostly pertaining to China, many labeled "Secret" or "Top Secret."

Lattimore recommended highly ''Challenge of Red China'', written by Guenther Stein, a member of Richard Sorge's Soviet spy ring in Tokyo. Of Communist propagandist<ref>Douglas Martin, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/world/asia/israel-epstein-prominent-chinese-communist-dies-at-90.html Israel Epstein, Prominent Chinese Communist, Dies at 90], ''New York Times'', June 2, 2005</ref> Israel Epstein's ''Unfinished Revolution in China'' he wrote, "When he pleads his case the arguments pile up like a wedge." When Lattimore resigned as editor of ''Pacific Affairs'', he was succeeded by Michael Greenberg, a Communist Party member. Lattimore then became a member of the editorial board of the notorious journal ''[[Amerasia]]'', in the offices of which OSS agents would find hundreds of stolen US government documents, mostly pertaining to China, many labeled "Secret" or "Top Secret."