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8io A DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

cult, the United States should continue its laws against "inferior" peoples.9 Chinese-American relations suffered a sharp setback in succeeding months when reports of totalitarian control and other antidemocratic practices leaked out of China, together with alleged evidence that the ationalist government of Chiang !ai-shek was more intent on using lend-lease supplies to fight the Chinese Communists than the "apanese. #he United States and $ritain were nevertheless committed to bolstering up China as the Asiatic counterpoise against a resurgent "apan. China was to be mistress in her own house, and under no compulsion to grant special privileges to outsiders. #he multi-%ower &pen 'oor was presumabl( dead, for it had been a valid concept onl( when the Chinese were too weak to protect themselves against e)tortion or aggression. *enceforth, if things worked out as planned, a full( sovereign China would be the guardian of her own door+a unilateral open door. "A
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#he weakest link in the unit( of the United ations was ,ussia. She was the ke( to the winning of the war, for her stout warriors "clawed the guts" out of the 5erman arm( 6in the phrase of Churchill7 and saved the 0estern Allies. She was the ke( to the peace, for she was potentiall( the greatest %ower, and could become, if made an outcast, the world8s greatest menace.33 #he naked truth is that ,ussia was deepl( suspicious of her allies, and not without reason. #he( had in 3939-39:4 opposed the "foul babooner( of $olshevism" 6Churchill8s phrase7 with considerable vigor, utili;ing both mone( and armed intervention, and the( had been slow to accord official recognition to 1oscow. #he United States had been the slowest of all the ma<or %owers. -f one treats a people as lepers for man( (ears the( are apt to ac=uire some of the traits of outcasts.
Some Congressmen opposed the !" #e$!%se the& 'e!red th!t it "o% d #e the entering "edge 'or !n Orient! de %ge ( e)en the *+, "o% d h!)e ! #!d e''e$t on %n emp o&ment- Others 'e t th!t the !" did not go '!r eno%gh. 'or the Chinese sti did not h!)e ! the pri)i eges o' E%rope!ns/ A n%m#er o' other n!tions 'o o"ed the e0 !mp e o' the 1nited St!tes !nd remo)ed dis$rimin!tion !g!inst Chinese/ See 2isson. op. ci.> pp/ *3+4*35, 6oodri$h !nd C!rro . Documents, 7I. 8+948*9/ *+ Ch%r$hi re'erred to R%ssi! :O$to#er i. *959; !s <! ridd e "r!pped in ! m&s ter& inside !n enigm!/ / / /< < See S%mner =e es. The Time for Decision :N/Y/. *933;. pp/ 553455,/ =e es "!s 1nder Se$ret!r& o' St!te. *9594*935/
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