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UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF
traversing Inner Mongolia, the Russians would have on their right
flank Chinese Communist armies.
(When he returned from Chungking last spring, the Chinese Ambas-
sador made the disturbing comment to Mr. Vincent that, in the event
Russian troops attacked Japan through north China, the Chinese
Government had plans which would prevent contact between Russian
troops and Chinese Communist troops. However, it may be as-
sumed that the Russians would not be deterred from making use of
Chinese Communist forces by any attitude or actions of the Chinese
Government.)
Solution:
It is of course highly desirable that embarrassment and difficulties,
political or military, be avoided in the event of Russian military oper-
ations in north China. The obvious and reasonable solution would
be a working agreement between the Chinese Government and the
Communists which would establish a unified Chinese military com-
mand to work with the Russian command. There is, however,
doubt that such a working agreement will be reached.
An alternative solution would be an over-all American command
of Chinese troops. If Russia enters the war in the Far East, it would
be highly advantageous to have in China such a command rather than
a disunited Chinese command. Furthermore, it would make practi-
cable supply of ammunition and demolition material to the Commu-
nists and would obviate political difficulties in the event of coastal
landings adjacent to areas under Communist control. And finally, an
American command could serve as a stabilizing influence in the
period immediately following the conclusion of hostilities in China.
Recommended Action:
Continuation of efforts to bring about a settlement between
Chinese Government and Communist leaders which would bring
about united military command and action.
At the same time negotiations looking toward the establishment of
an over-all American command in China directly under the Gener-
alissimo. Institution of such a command may not be immediately
feasible but the groundwork should be laid to enable smooth estab-
lishment of such a command if and when developments make such a
step advisable.
In the event neither of these courses of action bring about the
desired results, it is recommended that this Government, and the
British Government, lend no support to a policy by the Chinese
Government which might impede Russian military action against
Japan. On the positive side, the two Governments should make
every effort to bring about cooperation between all Chinese forces
and the Russian military command in order to prevent military
developments from further widening the gap between the Com-
munists and the Chinese Government and increasing the possibility
of a disunited China after hostilities.
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