Date of Award

Spring 1979

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

Committee Director

Ralph F. de Bedte

Committee Member

Thomas M. Burkman

Committee Member

Carl Boyd

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.H47O4

Abstract

This thesis explores the images of the Chinese Communists which were held by career Foreign Service Officers in China, non-career diplomats in China and the decision-making elite in Washington during the period of time from 1945 to 1950. The study centers on the questions of the tractability of the Chinese Communists to negotiations and the connection of the Chinese Communists to the Soviets. The study uses several propositions of social psychology to explain the differing images and the resulting effect on Sino-American relations.

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DOI

10.25777/erpd-r311

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