Item COLD WAR 5/7 - Transcript of interview with former People's Liberation Army soldier, Ge Yang, 1997

Typescript transcript of interview with Ge Yang, a soldier with the New Force Army and the People's Liberation Army, China, 1941-1949, and ran the New Observer Magazine, 1950-[1970], relating to the reaction, amongst the Chinese population, of the victory of the communists in the Chinese Civil War, Oct 1949; the support and enthusiasm for the Communist Party in China, 1950-1953; the opinion of the Chinese people on the actions of the USA and the Nationalist Chinese Party, the Kuomintang, 1950-1953; the reaction in China to the US military involvement in the Korean War, 1950-1953; the reporting of the Korean War in China, 1950-1953; the 'golden age' of Sino-Soviet relations, 1950-1956; speculation on Soviet influence in China's decision to intervene in the Korean War, 1950; the deterioration in relations between China and the USSR, 1956-1959; the denunciation of Ge Yang as a 'rightist', 1958; the reaction in China to the breakdown in relations with the USSR, 1959; the publication of anti-Soviet propaganda in China, 1959-1960; the Mao personality cult, 1944-1976; the detonation of the first Chinese atomic bomb, Lop Nor, People's Republic of China, Oct 1964; the Chinese nuclear development programme, [1958]-1964; the Cultural Revolution, the reassertion of Maoist doctrines in China, and its impact on China's international standing, 1965-1968; speculation on the possibility of a war between China and the USA over Chinese aggression against Taiwan, 1969. 14pp