IMPORTANCE OF THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC PEACE CONFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015400020005-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China ` LU NOT C J,CI? AT DATE DISTR. 4 Dec. 1952
SUBJECT Importance of the Asian and Pacific Peace
Conference
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793,
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
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REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Chinese observing the Asian and Pacific Peace Conference, held in Peiping
early in October, with trained understanding of Communist motives, have
never lost sight of its strategic impact since the program was announced
months ago. As the Asian mind -- ignorant, depressed, and emotional. --
is understood by Asians, the seven resolutions of the Conference made
known to the world sound most realistic to the peoples of Asia. What the
West calls the old line of Communist propaganda has provided a voice for
their vague fears and grievances in package form. Japanese rearmament,
American intervention in Korea, foreign colonial control, the trade-
strangling American embargo, etc., are all convincing.arguments for peace
to the Asiatic mind favoring Asia for the Asians.
2. The mass of Asia cannot see the hidden menace behind this line of Communist
talk. Communist propaganda is always directed. to the masses, and the
leaders are unconcerned with the ridicule of opposing governments and
public leaders. The Peace Conference is parallel to the Moscow Economic
Conference, which was first slighted by the West, but which had far-reaching
effects in weakening the Western front and drawing the trading countries
closer to the Communist orbit.
3. The Peiping Conference provided the training ground for practical Communism
for the 400 delegates, mostly especially selected Communist agents and
fellow travelers from Asiatic and South American countries. They were shown
in Peiping a Communist state in operation. After the Conference closed on
1.3 October, various discussion meetings and demonstrative visits were
organized. Meetings were held among the delgates of eight countries to
discuss the role of Buddhism in promoting peace; seventeen delegates from
India, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Syria, and other Mohammedan countries
met the Chinese Islam Society to praise religious liberty in China and the
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fitness of Mohammedanism ;in a Comimunist order of things; Protestant and
Catholic delegates. went 1 tti'cbh'ference withtho Chinese religious brotherhood
to emphasize the independent role of Christianity (i.e., independent-of missiorE
and of the Pope) in buili iltg u 'n ,ti8hal "sp1ritu2l welfare and international
peace; a large gathering o:f X50 elegates studied land reform; delegates from
fifteen nations deliberated do 'hart of tactical publicity as developed in
China. After the Conference guided tours were used to 'show delegates living
conditions of farmers after land had, been distributed in the Peiping area, the
workings of many government offices, the Huai River conservation project, the
Shanghai Municipal Government, model factories, and other demonstrations to show
how labor had contributed in building up new China.
This demonstrative training of Communist delegates, many of whom had never seen
Communist ideologies in action, was an impressive lesson. That the representation
of the delegates was not official has no bearing on this point. China is
rapidly replacing the USSR as a Commur;,ist training center in Asia. It is
common knowledge today that China has been training the fighting forces of
Borth Korea.and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The Conference has been
training offensive peace agents; the headquarters for promoting peace, esta-
blished in Peiping following the Conference, will direct their movements in
their respective countries.
Peiping and Moscow fully expect these delegates to become live-wire agents
in their home organizations, which activity will, no doubt, become one of
the main instruments of the new Soviet offensive.
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