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{00-1630 Beltinore Yhow Scnator VANTONSERG says we can't pronote this guy BUTTERWORTH _ to be Assistant Secrotary of State in charge of the Far Bastorn Division becauso he is not a nan who can control all the Reds and Pinks," T-11 on Junc 2, 1949, advised that BRUNO SHAW, of New York, wos in contact with OWSN LATT Ions for the purpose of obtaining connents fron LArTI~ Moka relative to his views on China, SHAW inforncd LATTIVORD that he was acing 2 story for the Dlks Magazinc on Chinn and wents to coment on "both sides of the issuc™, Ho stated thet he dosircd LATINIORS to answer two ques- tions as follows: (1} Does the future hole nore or less promise for the Chinoso people now, sinco the Corrunists hove advanced, compercd with what they had under the Nationalist Governmont? (2) What should tho United Stutest cttitude and relations bo with tho now reginc? LATTINORS informed SHAW that tho answers to his questions were sct out in his recent book "The Situation in Asin’ and did not carc to commit hinself furthor, LATTIMO:G did say, with reforence to whether tho Chincse poople would be better off undor a Communist rogime than uncer the Nationalist Governnent, that it dopcends on whether the dogree of Ccormunihivencss in Ching is replicd to by an econonie Siockadé- of China, whether thoy are left alone, ete, He added: “++ _. WWho can possibly project in acdvanco what Commnisn ns such is going €O~be_like in China? Hobody has scen Corrmnism anywhore, Russia certainly has not got 14, Whatever they have, it is not Communisn, Tho Chinese have not had anything yet you can put a firm inscl on, How are you going to put a labcl on Cormmmisn — what sone supposed future . Communism in China is going to be? China is not like Czechoslovakia which had a working democracy and there you have sonething to compere with, But whet are you coing to compare with in Chinat® Thereaftor the conversntion was substantially as follows: ERUNO SEAN: NWhen you say Russia docs not have Conmunisn, you mean thot STALIN in interpreting LENIN and LENIN in interpreting BARK, have both departei from MARK’s fundancntal principles?" bY an not saving onything of the kind, I am merely saying LATT LAGRE that what you havo in Russia is some kind of socialisn, ~ 64 -