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'''Agnes Smedley''' was the author of ''Battle Hymn of China'' and a member of this [[Sorge spy ring]] of Soviet spies in Tokyo, along with [[Guenther Stein]]. Smedley later also contributed to the [[radical]] [[Marxist-Leninist]] weekly, ''[[Guardian (NY)]]''. | '''Agnes Smedley''' was the author of ''Battle Hymn of China'' and a member of this [[Sorge spy ring]] of Soviet spies in Tokyo, along with [[Guenther Stein]]. Smedley later also contributed to the [[radical]] [[Marxist-Leninist]] weekly, ''[[Guardian (NY)]]''. | ||
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Agnes was warmhearted and essentially honest, but she felt she must devote her life to the cause of the Chinese Communists. She not only captivated General Joseph Stilwell but also the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. John Patton Davies was also a great admirer; she was one whom he called "one of the pure in heart." <ref>Utley, Freda. 1951. ''The China Story''. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago.</ref> | Agnes was warmhearted and essentially honest, but she felt she must devote her life to the cause of the Chinese Communists. She not only captivated General Joseph Stilwell but also the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. John Patton Davies was also a great admirer; she was one whom he called "one of the pure in heart." <ref>Utley, Freda. 1951. ''The China Story''. Henry Regnery Company. Chicago.</ref> | ||
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Agnes Smedley was the author of Battle Hymn of China and a member of this Sorge spy ring of Soviet spies in Tokyo, along with Guenther Stein. Smedley later also contributed to the radical Marxist-Leninist weekly, Guardian (NY).
Agnes was warmhearted and essentially honest, but she felt she must devote her life to the cause of the Chinese Communists. She not only captivated General Joseph Stilwell but also the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. John Patton Davies was also a great admirer; she was one whom he called "one of the pure in heart." [1]
One of her works is After the Final Victory, published in Asia Magazine and in Hemingway's anthology of war stories.[2]