The U.S. State Department's Office of Chinese Affairs, charged with operational control of American policy toward China, gathered information on virtually every aspect of life there immediately before, during and after the revolution. These records were recently declassified by the State Department. The records provide valuable insight into numerous domestic issues in Communist and Nationalist China, U.S. containment policy in Asia and Sino-American relations. The Political Files relate primarily to political conditions in Communist China and Taiwan, including U.S. policy toward the new regime, and reports on the structure of the communist government and U.S. military aid to nationalist China. Briefing papers, speeches and correspondence address British representation of U.S. interests in mainland China, Sino-Soviet relations and the problems of political refugees, particularly Chinese intellectuals fleeing from the mainland.
Separate files are available for other countries in the Far East, including Japan, Korea and Burma.
The Economic Files include weekly and monthly summaries of economic conditions and reports on the Economic Cooperation Administration programmes in China and Taiwan. Separate files are included on Hong Kong, Mongolia, Manchuria, Tibet and Macao. The Top Secret Files cover both Communist and Nationalist China, and include policy statements, reports, general correspondence and intelligence regarding U.S. and Soviet policy, U.N. sanctions against Communist China, Sino-Japanese treaty negotiations and Soviet policy toward the Chinese Communist regime. . . Give call number, title of the collection and the reel number. . . Dept. of State.