MAGAZINE PIECE: 'THE CHINA LOBBY' BY CHARLES CHRISTIAN, WERTENBAKER (FOR REPORTER MAGAZINE

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03106366
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-02567
• Publication Date: March 19, 1952

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MEMORANIXIM FOR THE DIRECTOR
FROM: Assistant to the Director
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SUBJECT: Magazine Piece: "The China lobby" by Charles Christian
Wertenbaker (for Mal= magazine)
1. Wertenbaker suggested I visit him while in New York and
review the piece, which is scheduled for early publications
Wertenbaker text will be delivered to Philip Horton, assistant
editor today or tomorrow. Horton will edit the text, which is now
in its fifth draft. Wertenbaker has notified Max Ascoii, editor
and publisher, that he can not devote any more time to the piece.
Wertenbaker was reluctant to have me carry the text to Washington.
I informed him that I would make a brief verbal report to you.
2. Piece is approximately 30,000 to 35,000 words and will be
run in two installments starting in early April. Half the book in
two successive issues will be devoted to the story and the REPORTER
presumably is building a promotional campaign around the piece. The
story has been painstakingly researched and deftly reported. It
will probably create a sensation here and cause the !China !Ureters!
pain and embarrassment.
3. The following is a brief summary of contents:
a. Story begins with a historical run-down on the relation-
ships that existed between Chiang Kai Shek, Madame Sun Yet Sens
T. V. Soong, and H. H. Kung. Wertenbaker concludes that this
family dynasty has profited hugely from U.S. grants to China
and asserts that these funds have been removed to the United
States. He traces the origins of the China Lobby back to the
New Deal and embroils
b. Wertenbaker alleges that almost unlimited funds have been
placed at the disposal of the Chinese Nationalist Embassy here
for use in Chine Lobby manipulations. He contends that
Wellington Koo is one of the principal bag-men; that even such
responsible Chinese as Hu Shih are involved. He alleges,
moreover, that the Nationalist government pumped more than
$2,000,000 into the Republican campaign in 3,948.
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o. .-$0 contends that the China Lobby is ndw organised is not
a lobby in the usual sena of the tars,- but instead results
from the acCidentel fusing of _ Orions of varying motiVem
all of whom-conclude,that the , ' States must salvage
Chinese Nationalist government. Hs blisters Kohlberg for 1410
role through the subtle use of direct quotations obtained
interviews and drags in Senator Worthy together with a host
of others of the Formosa group such as Henry and Clare Boothe
Luce.
5. in view of the combustible character of these pieces, I
would recommend that no senior official of CIA he implicated even
to the extent of scanning the-bepy prior to publication. Wertenbaker
has agreed not to mention to anyone the fact that I sew the piece.
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C. B. HANSEN
Colonel, USAF
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