Item COLD WAR 27/101 - Transcript of interview with diplomat John Paton Davies, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with John Paton Davies, China Office, US State Department, [1942]-1954, relating to the reaction in the USA to the declaration of the People's Republic of China, 1 Oct 1949; the relationship between the USA and Nationalist China, [1942-1949]; the popular opinion in the USA that China had been 'lost', 1949; the relationship between US officials and the communists in China during the war against Japan and the Chinese Civil War, 1942-1949; Davies' opinion of Gen Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China, 1928-1949, and President of Taiwan, 1950-1975; US support for Chiang Kai-shek during the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949; US fears of Soviet involvement in the Chinese revolution, 1945-1949; US President Harry S Truman's policy towards Taiwan, 1950-1953; the impact of the Korean War on US-Chinese relations, 1950-1953; the Chinese intervention in the Korean War, Oct 1950; the advance of UN forces to the Yalu River, Korea, Sep-Nov 1950; the importance of US Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy in shaping US public opinion and policy against China, 1949-1954; the 'loss of China' as an issue during the US Presidential election, Nov 1952; the visit to Taiwan by US Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon, [1958]; Davies' opinion of Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Chou En-Lai (Zhou Enlai), 1949-1954; Chairman Mao's desire to achieve recognition from the USA, 1949-1972. 26pp