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Line 91: − ==Propaganda== − Between the crucial years of 1943 and 1949 some 30 books on the general political situation in China were published in the United States. Of these, 23 were pro-[[Maoist]] and seven were anti-Communist. Several of the pro-Maoist books are noted here: − − *''Unfinished Revolution in China'' by [[Israel Epstein]] − *''Journey from the East'' by [[Mark Gayn]]—''[[Washington Post]]'' Correspondent charged in [[Amerasia]] Case in which his office was found filled with stolen secret government documents. − *''New Frontiers in Asia'' by [[Philip J. Jaffe]]—Also charged in the Amerasia Case. − *''Solution in Asia'' by [[Owen Lattimore]]— Known [[Comintern]] operative. − *''Making of Modern China'' by Owen and [[Eleanor Lattimore]]—Reviewed favorably in ''[[The Nation]]'' and ''[[The New Republic]]''. − *''Situation in Asia'' by Owen Lattimore. − *''China's Wartime Politics'' by Lawrence K. Rosinger—Issued under the auspices of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]]. − *''Battle Hymn of China'' by [[Agnes Smedley]]—Known Soviet operative. − *''People on Our Side'' by [[Edgar Snow]]—"the people on our side" include the [[Chinese Communists]] who six years later were shooting American soldiers in the [[Korean War]]. − *''Challenge of Red China'' by [[Guenther Stein]]—Stein was accused by Gen. [[Douglas MacArthur]]'s Intelligence service of being a Soviet agent. − *''Chinese Conquer China'' by [[Anna Louise Strong]]—[[KGB]] Agent and writer for the [[Marxist-Leninist]] ''[[Guardian]]'' newspaper. − *''The Phoenix and the Dwarfs'' by George E. Taylor—A play by the [[Office of War Information]] (OWI) deputy director of its Far Eastern Division. − − Every one of the 23 pro-Communist books, where reviewed, received glowing approval in the literary reviews of the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''The [[Herald-Tribune]]'', ''The Nation'', ''The New Republic'' and ''The Saturday Review of Literature''. And every one of the anti-Communist hooks was either roundly condemned or ignored in these same reviews. − − When Edgar Snow's ''People on Our Side'' appeared, it was reviewed in the ''Hearld-Tribune''<ref>''New York Herald-Tribune Books of the Week'', September 10, 1944.</ref> by [[Joseph Barnes]], whom Lattimore had instructed to replace non-Communist Chinese in OWI with Communists.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/yaltabet.html ''The Yalta Betrayal''], Felix Wittmer, Claxton Printers, 1953, pg. 36.</ref> Mark Gayn reviewed it in the ''Saturday Review of Literature''<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', September 9, 1944</ref> In the ''New Republic''<ref>''New Republic'', October 2, 1944.</ref> an equally glowing review came from Agnes Smedley. ''The Nation''<ref>''The Nation'', September 23, 1944.</ref> came along with a review by Marcus − Duffield, who saw in Snow's ''People on Our Side'' a fine book "by a scrupulously accurate reporter." − − The incestuous relationship of Communist [[propagandist]]s can be seen when Lattimore's book ''Solution in Asia'' was reviewed in the ''New York Times''<ref>''New York Times Weekly Book Review'', February 25, 1945.</ref> by Edgar Snow. Another of Lattimore's books a short time earlier received accolades from Edgar Snow's wife, [[Nym Wales]], in the ''Saturday Review of Literature''.<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', March 25, 1944.</ref> In the ''Herald-Tribune''<ref>''New York Herald-Tribune Books of the Week'', February 25, 1945.</ref> A. T. Steele said Lattimore's book was one which "belongs in the brief case of every diplomat and general concerned with the reshaping of Asia." [[T. A. Bisson]], also arrested in the ''Amerasia'' scandal, wrote in the ''Saturday Review of Literature'', "The breath of the future blows through . . . this stimulating review of Far Eastern issues."<ref>''Saturday Review of Literature'', March 10, 1945.</ref> ''The Nation''<ref>''The Nation'', March 17, 1945.</ref> review was done by [[Maxwell S. Stewart]], also an editor of the same publication and was involved with some 40 [[Communist front]] activities. − − Of the 23 pro-Communist books, Owen and Eleanor Lattimore, Edgar Snow and his wife Nym Wales, Agnes Smedley, Mark Gayn, [[John K. Fairbank]], [[Theodore White]] and [[Annalee Jacoby]], [[Harrison Forman]], [[Foster Rhea Dulles]], and [[Lawrence K. Rosinger]] wrote 12 and turned in 44 reviews, either touting each other's books, or blasting the 7 anti-Communist books. Throughout this extensive and concerted propaganda campaign it was made to appear that the Communists wanted unity to fight Japan but that Chiang Kai-shek was only interested in fighting his own people.<ref>''While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn, New York : The Devin-Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pg. 152] pdf.</ref> Lattimore wrote, "The Soviet Union stands for democracy"<ref>''Solution in Asia'', Owen Lattimore, pg. 108.</ref> and Snow "The Soviet Union cannot have any [[expansionist]] tendencies."<ref>''Battle for Asia'', Edgar Snow, pg. 300.</ref> − − [[Owen Lattimore]] in the [[leftist]] ''New York Compass'' said that the U.S. should give Korea a "parting grant" of $150,000,000 and "let [[South Korea]] fall but not to let it look as though we pushed it."<ref> New York Compass, Jan. 17, 1949.</ref>
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As the [[Presidential election of 1944]] approached Browder and [[Sidney Hillman]] teamed up to capture the [[American Labor Party]]. Hilman’s [[Council of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) enjoyed a favored position before [[Franklin Roosevelt]]’s [[National Labor Relations Board]].
As the [[Presidential election of 1944]] approached Browder and [[Sidney Hillman]] teamed up to capture the [[American Labor Party]]. Hilman’s [[Council of Industrial Organizations]] (CIO) enjoyed a favored position before [[Franklin Roosevelt]]’s [[National Labor Relations Board]].
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