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14-00000**I. ISAACS, Harold Robert**WESTERNERS CONNECTED WITHTHE FAR EASTV- I-100A. Harold201-16746Viola(continued)American war correspondent for Israel; arrived in route to China after Japanese occupation in 1945. On many orders to return to U.S.; threatened to appeal to W.A.. in China for permission to return to Shanghai but was refused by Chiang government. Harold R. Isaacs is correspondent and news editor of _Newsweek_ in Shanghai. In 1948 Isaacs wrote articles railing against government "corruption." Apparently, now policy of blacklisting foreign journalists who write unfavorably to Chiang govt.See also Dossier A. ISAACS in D.D.A., memo to Col. TAFT and B-264;dossiers re: HILLARY ASSOCIATES B-2547/34 and B-2547/30**2. ISAACS, Harold Robert**Moscow agent; Isaas [sic] arrived in Shanghai, Dec 1930, worked for Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, later for China Press (qv); as journalist often interviewed prominent districts of China; actually member of U.S.A. (sic), active member of U.S.A. (sic), extreme communist; in close contact with Agnes SMEDLY (qv), other Soviet representatives; later married Lucy STRAND (qv). See dossier RE: HILLARY ASSOCIATES in C.G.A. (1).![photo description]U.S. citizen; born 1910; due to Shanghai from Manila in 1930, joined Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury; few weeks later, started for China Press; still May 1931 traveling Shanghai with Frank GLASS; lived with him; Sept-Oct 1931 friendly with Smedly and Agnes Smedly; been editor of China Forum and worked with Agnes![photo description]**3. ISAACS, Harold Robert** (continued)See DB-6962, dated 15 December 1947 in Dossier: WISCHNUIAK-ANTONIOG.![photo description]See SD DB-34928, 31 May 1950, in Doss.: THIRD (COMMUNIST) INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL.See FD-7966, FBI Investigative report, 28 Feb. 1951 (TID).A Leading Trotskyite in Shanghai area in 1933. See in Reg.Mentioned as having publicly broken with Communist backing of the "Voice of China" publication and having denounced such backing; former editor of Shanghai newspaper in article for the Christian Science Monitor.Subject alleged to have been expelled from China in 1949 for attacking Nationalist Govt. and to have been an active propagandist for the Viet Minh Movement in Indochina. Alleged to have been on membership list of Viet Nam-American Friendship Association. Text of article by subject attacking French policy in Indochina set forth. Subject advised that he was acquainted with Walter DURANTY, "New York Times" correspondent in Moscow during early 1930s. List of persons and organizations corresponding with subject set forth. See ref, doc., in RI.![photo description]**5. ISAACS, Harold Robert** (continued)WESTERNERS CONNECTED WITH THE FAR EASTEditor of Far Eastern Survey selected documents for major international serials in the RI BIBLIOGRAPHY-1947 List. (1947). In dossier: CHINA BIBLIOGRAPHY-1947 List.Author of No Peace for Asia (1947). In dossier: CHINA BIBLIOGRAPHY-1947 List.Author of The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution. See. RI, in dossier: CHINA BIBLIOGRAPHY 1951 List."Five Years of Kuo-mintang Reaction", a 126 page pamphlet published in 1932 at Shanghai, lists subject as editor. The pamphlet consists of reprints of articles which appeared in the "China Forum" by anonymous authors and collaborators". The pamphlet denounces the Kuomintang and CHIANG Kai-shek for alleged massacre of its political opponents, chiefly Communists, in order that the bourgeoisie might continue to rule and the imperialists to draw their tribute from the capitalization of human misery. Subject continues to reside at 333 Central Park West, NY, and is employed as a free lance journalist. See ref. doc. (RI).Subject's book "The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution", first published 1938 in Great Britain, issued in a revised edition 1951 by Stanford Univ. Press. Thesis of book is that revolution in China, 1925-1927, could have resulted in a democratic socialist state, but was perverted to serve the needs of Russian diplomacy. In revised edition subject stated his opinions have changed in intervening years and that the base of his book can be described as "democratic socialist". See doc. In (RI-201-18446-5).(continued)![photo description]Violet A., reported active member of Am. Com.; also reported as having married Lucy A. Smedly in June 1947; resides in W.Classed as suspected Comintern agent. See Sep Files, 1933.Has been in this country since 1917. Now (Feb 49) Special Features editor for Newsweek magazine. After communist phase in 20's and early 30's wrote a bitter and brilliant critique of Moscow direction of the Chinese Communist Party from 1926-28 (The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution, London, 1913) from a Trotskyite viewpoint. Now claims to be completely disillusioned with the communist movement (Stalin or Trotsky branch). Lives in New York with wife and two children.Carried on Def suspect list of foreign agents; see 103-1611 in dossiers: S.S.F.B. Hillary see also 2:3A-744, more dossiers, for details.For connection with Hilaire RABIN, was, and the I.L.D international, Agnes Smedley, et al., see following files:See memo to FBI, prepared 25 August 49, Subject Cecil Frank GLASS, was, in dossiers FBI. CLARINOR-MOORE -- Cecil, Frank GLASS.In response to State Dept, name check, see name to State and copy to FBI, prepared (continued)**4. ISAACS, Harold Robert** (cont'd)Author of "The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution whom Morris L. APTZIMAN (qv) got through Alex TULLMAN (qv) in Shanghai. Believed to be foreign correspondent for "Reuters News Agency". First editor of CCP paper of which AFF later came to become editor. See ref. doc. in RI.Patrick J. HURLEY advised that subject told him that John King FAIRBANKS (qv) is a Trotskyite Communist. See ref. doc, in RI-201-19078.Subject's book, "No Peace for Asia", published 1947, summarized. See ref. doc, in RI 201-18446-2.See DFS-2411, 11 Feb. 1953, subjects Ida TREAT (qv) (RI 201-6205-7)."New Cycle in Asia" by subject published in 1947 by the Institute of Pacific Relations as a collection of the official texts of various treaties & agreements among South Asian and western powers during the period of world war II and later. Subj. supplied a brief editorial introduction to these texts which is apparently non-political in nature. His article "Korea & American world Policy" appears in the Aug. 7, 1950 issue of "New Republic", see doc. in (RI).**6. ISAACS, Harold Robert**Subj is a writer and former Trotskyite. Stated that LIU, Tsun-chi'h (C/291/1135/2759) was a Communist as early as 1933 in China and had worked for Times News Agency in Pekin; after translating from college and had even been sent to jail because of his communist activities.An article by ISAACS "The Dimensions of the Crisis" in the "Saturday Review", 4 August 1951, states, "The Asian crisis is not created by Russian totalitarianism; it is exploited by it;" and makes the point that revolt of colonial peoples in Asia is essentially nationalistic, that the U.S. should move along with and help guide these revolutions into democratic example. His article "The Blind Alley of Totalitarianism" in "Annals of the American Academy", July 1951, states that past activities of the western nations in Orient bred fear and hatred, were causally responsible for rise of totalitarianism. In the "Saturday Review of Literature" of 16 July 1952, 1300CS reviewed "Journey to the Far Pacific by Eoy, Thomas B. DEWEY. Criticized book for superficiality and for propounding only military solutions to problems of Orient. See DFS-30069 dated 2 November 1953 in 1 (201-18446).Subject presently resides at 32 Vanick Road, Waban, Mass., and is employed as a Full time Research Associate in the Center for International Studies, Mass, Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass, Subj. Does not have access to any classified information.201-0018446