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4.

H.M.G.'s policy of recognition of the Chinese

People's Republic imposes on us in this propaganda two

limitations: first, that all our emphasis should be on the

attempts of Russia to obtain the subservience of China, and

advantages at Chinese expense, rather than on the behaviour

of the Chinese Communist Party and Government in acquiescing

to the Kremlin's behaviour, and second, that the greater part

of our propaganda should be carried out as far as possible

at one remove from official British agencies of information.

The propaganda concerning Russian policy towards

5.

China can be richly illustrated from the precedents of Soviet

behaviour towards her Eastern European satellites, the

economic advantages which she appears to be seeking and

gaining in Manchuria, her projection of traditional Russian

imperialistpolicy in the Far East as a whole, her tough

commercial methods, her technique of economic exploitation

under ideological cover, and the numbers and personal

behaviour of Russian technicians, advisers, intelligence

agents, commercial negotiators and officials who are

infiltrating into China.

6.

In South-East Asia, the propaganda task is really

divided into two parts: propaganda towards the overseas

Chinese communities on the one hand, and propaganda towards

the indigenous Asian peoples on the other.

7.

The task of propaganda towards overseas Chinese

communities is now severely complicated by the emergence of

Communism as the paramount power in China, the impact of

this development among the overseas Chinese communities,

and the necessity for H.M. G. to attempt to enter into

reasonable relations with the Chinese People's Republic.

As an instance of the difficulty which this development

creates/

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