Evening star., 1945-11-27
Hurley Resigns Post,
Hits Policy in Asia
AS Anti-Democrotic
Third World War in
Making, He Warns;
AssoiIs Diplomats

"okIn9, ne VoInSI
AssoiIs Diplomats
Declaring that "there is q
third world war in the making -
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, in
a statement announcing his
resignation as Ambassador to
China, said today that "in diplo-
macy we are permitting our
selves to be sucked into a power
bloc on the side of colonial i'm
perialism against Communist
imperialism"
The envoy vigorously attacked
the career men of the State De-
partment. and the foreign service,
charging that they are frustrating
the announced policies of President
Truman and Secretary of State
Byrnes. He charged that "a con-
siderable section of our State De-
partment is endeavoring to support
Communism generally as we'll as
specifically in China"
He added that the United States
had finished the war in the Far
East furnishing lease-lend supplies
and using all our reputation to un-
dermine democracy and bolster i'm
perialism and Communism.
Coordination Urged.
Americas economic and diplo-
matte policies should be co-ordinat-
ed he declared in conclusion
Americas strength. should not be
allied with any predatory theology.
America should support the
amendment or revision of the San
Francisco United Nations Charter to
make it democratic. Our strength
should be used to uphold the de-
cisions Of the United Nations rather
than to support conflicting ideologies
or warmaking power blocs."
While Gen. Hurley did not men
ton either Russia or Great Britain
specifically in his reference to pow
er blocs," the broad application of
his statement indicated to observers
that he probably had them in mind.
At the outset, Gen. Hurley re-
vealed that the President and Mr..
Byrnes had given him a chance to
return to his former post in Chung
king, but that he had refused.
Objectives Accomplished.
His mission to China during the
war, he explained, was to prevent
the collapse of the Chinese Central
Government and keep China in the
war. as well as to harmonic rela-
tions between the Chinese and
American forces in China, and also
between the American Embassy anc
the Chinese government. Thes.
objectives, he said. were accom-.
plished.
while these objectives had thu
support of the President and thu
Secretary of State" he said, 'it /,
no secret that the American policy
in China did not have the support
OF all the career men in the State
Department. The professional for
eign service men sided with the
Chinese Communist armed party
and. the imperialistic bloc of ma.
tions whose policy it was to keer
China divided against herself"
Gen. Hurley said that when he
asked for the recall of some of these
men they were returned to Wash.
ington land placed in the Chinese
and Far Eastern divisions of the
State Department as my superiors.
Secrecy is Attacked.
Attacking secrecy in the State De.
partment, he declared:
"All too frequently information
concerning the conduct of our for.
eign relations leaks out to tht
public in a distorted, garbled o.
partial form. The result is that thu
American people have too little basic
information to judge the extent t.
which their State Department cor.
rectly interprets and administers ths
policies of the Nation"
Gen. Hurley said he was willnif
that all of his diplomatic report.
written during his four years o1
service in China and other parts o.
the Far East should now be made
public.
Text of Statement.
! The text of Gen. Hurley's state
ment follows:
Il am grateful to both the Presi.
dent and the Secretary of State fol
the support they have given me ans
for their kind offer in requesting m,
to return to China as Ambassador
I'm one capacity or another
have been on the perimeter O
Americas influence since the begin
ming of the war. During the wal
I have served in Java, Australia
New Zealand, and generally in tn,
Southwest Pacific; in Egypt, Pales'
tine, the Lebanon, Syria, Trans
Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran
Russia, Afghanistan, India, Ceylon
Burma and China. OF all of tn,
assignments China was the mos
intricate and the most difficult. 1
is a source of qualification to m.
that IN all my missions I had thu
support of President Roosevelt, Sec.
retary Hull, Secretary Stettinius
President Truman and Secretary
Byrnes.
Cites Discrepancies.
"In the higher echelon of oul
policy-making officials American
objectives were nearly always clear.
ly defined. The astonishing feature
of our foreign policy is the wide dis.
crepany between our announced
policies and our conduct of interna.
tional relations. For instance, ",
(See HURLEY, Page A-3)
Troop Train and Freight
Crash; 4or 5 Injured