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NY 100-4061 "Chinese. in the United States come almost exclusively from a few localities on the coast of China, practically every one of which is now occupied by the Jananesee Thus these Chinese in America have both family connections and financial investments which are under the control of the Japanese, and becausg of his years of political organizing work Wang Ching-wei knows all of these atiane connections and can apply pressure through thems "On the other side there is a special organization within the. - Kuomingtang or Chinese Nationalist Party at Chungking which is charged with — maintaining political and financial connections with Chinese overseas» This Overseas Bureau also has a detailed knowledge of the Chinese conmunities in America and is able to apply pressuree Thus, there is a very intense conflict going on every day in every Chinatown in America between the Wang Ching-wei agents and those of the Kuomintang, It must be remembered that while the Kuomintang is able to operate ina private way as a political party among Chinasa Pree Yee oe == residents in America, 4t is also the party which towns! the Chinese Government ° and is thus able to make use of Chinese Government agenciess "Thirdly, there are numerous Chinese in America who are politically unaffiliated. There are of course Conmunists but they have neither the money nor the organization of the Wang Ching-wei and Kuomintang groups. The genuinely unaffiliated Chinese are a curious compound product of Chinese politics and the American environments They tend to be intensely loyal to China as a country, without conceiving that the Kuomintang or any othar political organization hasa monopoly right to control of their thoughts and actionge Thay are like Anericans; they like to give their rolitical allegiance, not to have it demanded of then.. They are reluctant to support a regimented series of causes laid down for them under ordors; like Americans, they often give moral and financial support to a scattered number of causes some of which may even conflict with each other to a certain extent, "The conflict between the Wang Ching-wei organizing group and the Kuomintang organizing group in America can not ha” fought out in the opens Both sides have very good reasons for not courting publicity. Each is anxious to bring into its fold asmny of the unaffiliated Chinese as possible. Each is also anxious not to be exposed as an 'Un-American' organization or a foreign political group working on American soil, Both of them accordingly find it very good tactics, not only to cover up themselves but to put pressura on those whom they are trying to bring under their control, to accuse unaffiliated Chinese of being Comunists. This is an accusation which covers up the accuser at the same time that 1t puts pressure on the accused, 1 28 —_— moe ee Ret a eee Saiiectys ne pubis ities ae