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'''John Paton Davies''' was a [[U.S. State Department]], Policy Planning Committee official during [[World War II]].

'''John Paton Davies''' was a [[U.S. State Department]], Policy Planning Committee official during [[World War II]].

John Paton Davies wrote on June 24, 1943: "The [[Kuomintang]] and [[Chiang Kai-shek]] recognize that the Communists, with the popular support which they enjoy and their reputation for administrative reform and honesty, represent a challenge to the Central Government and its spoils system."<ref>E. J. Kahn, Jr., ''The China Hands:  America's Foreign Service Officers and What Befell Them'', New York, 1972, pg. 97.</ref>

John Paton Davies wrote on June 24, 1943: "The [[Kuomintang]] and [[Chiang Kai-shek]] recognize that the Communists, with the popular support which they enjoy and their reputation for administrative reform and honesty, represent a challenge to the Central Government and its spoils system."<ref>E. J. Kahn, Jr., ''The China Hands:  America's Foreign Service Officers and What Befell Them'', New York, 1972, pg. 97.</ref> and that the Chinese revolutionists were moving away from the concept of [[world revolution]].<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. 34] pdf.</ref>

Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] stated that, "Both (John Stewart) [[John Stewart Service|Service]] and Davies spent considerable time in China as State Department officials. In their recommendations to Washington both followed the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] line. For example, on November 7, 1944, Davies submitted a memorandum to the State Department outing that the [[CCP|Communist Party in China]] was 'a modern dynamic popular government.' At the same time he referred to the anti-Communists as 'feudal.' 'The Communists are in China to stay. And China's destiny is not Chiang's but theirs,' said Davies. On December 12, 1944 he urged that we supply the Chinese Communists with arms -- a proposal which [[Dean Acheson]] two years later requested Congress to approve." In 1944, Ambassador to China, [[Patrick J. Hurley]], accused Davies of working behind his back to support the Communists. According to Hurley, "Davies had one day flown off to Yenan to tell [[Mao Zedong|Mao TseTung]], the Communist leader, that Hurley, our Ambassador (an anti-Communist), did not represent the American viewpoint." According to ''The China Story'' by [[Freda Utley]], Davies was a great fan of Communist operative [[Agnes Smedley]] who operated in China. Utley states, "Davies was also a great admirer of Agnes Smedley, whom he called one of 'the pure in heart.' He used to invite us all to excellent dinners at the American consulate, at which he expressed both his admiration and affection for Agnes. Together with [[Edgar Snow]] and other journalists I knew in Hankow, he [Davies] became one of the most potent influences in the Department [of State] furthering the cause of the Chinese Communists."  

Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] stated that, "Both (John Stewart) [[John Stewart Service|Service]] and Davies spent considerable time in China as State Department officials. In their recommendations to Washington both followed the [[CPUSA|Communist Party]] line. For example, on November 7, 1944, Davies submitted a memorandum to the State Department outing that the [[CCP|Communist Party in China]] was 'a modern dynamic popular government.' At the same time he referred to the anti-Communists as 'feudal.' 'The Communists are in China to stay. And China's destiny is not Chiang's but theirs,' said Davies. On December 12, 1944 he urged that we supply the Chinese Communists with arms -- a proposal which [[Dean Acheson]] two years later requested Congress to approve." In 1944, Ambassador to China, [[Patrick J. Hurley]], accused Davies of working behind his back to support the Communists. According to Hurley, "Davies had one day flown off to Yenan to tell [[Mao Zedong|Mao TseTung]], the Communist leader, that Hurley, our Ambassador (an anti-Communist), did not represent the American viewpoint." According to ''The China Story'' by [[Freda Utley]], Davies was a great fan of Communist operative [[Agnes Smedley]] who operated in China. Utley states, "Davies was also a great admirer of Agnes Smedley, whom he called one of 'the pure in heart.' He used to invite us all to excellent dinners at the American consulate, at which he expressed both his admiration and affection for Agnes. Together with [[Edgar Snow]] and other journalists I knew in Hankow, he [Davies] became one of the most potent influences in the Department [of State] furthering the cause of the Chinese Communists."