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Steele recalled that "When I returned from the Orient I would usually take refuge in Boise, Idaho, capital of the potato state. Usually the State Department didn't even know that I was in the country. I was never sought out when I returned from China." Steven W. Mosher's book, "China Misperceived" included Steele in his criticisms of the China Hands, the diplomats and journalists who were held responsible for the loss of China.