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DECLASSTFICATION AUTHOR) ‘el SJTCMATIC GECLASS DATE GS-22 "2013 poe 4A May 12, 19hh ATNED, ‘SHE DIRECTOR REt VICE PRESIDENT HENRY WALLACE/S TRIPTO CHINA AND RUSSIA C INFORMATION CONCERNING You will recall that considerable publicity was recently given to the contemplated trip of Vice President Henry Wallace to China. iIn- formation was received from a confidential source by the Bashington Field Division that Andrei A. Gromyko, the Soviet Ambassador, Washington, D. Ce, advised Vice President Wallace that Moscow was willing to issue visas to anyone whom Wallace desired - to take with him, Wallace etated that in so far as he knew John Carter Vincent, Owen Lattimore and John Hagzard would accompany him. Wallace indicated that they planned to visit China and Siberia. He further advised Gromyko that he was looking forward to seeing him the following Sunday. Yor your information the following data concerning these three individuals has been obtained from the files of the Bureau: 1/96 COA Eee ee eee eEE-TDRC) Shes ry Joye Lt PB BY DEPART}! ail ' wetassity on: OUR. John Carter Vincent . ; y Eh Dectass \ The files of the Bureau disclose that John Carter Vincent ts employed in the Far fastern Division of the State Department, He resides at 2 8) Street, Washington, De Co, telephone DuPont 7318. SYS Ca om ARDR -)-*S mn Lattimore ‘Deckassify o:/ aase seo Owen Lattimore was appointed as Political Adviser to Generaliseimo Chiang Kai~shek upon the recommendation of President Roosevelt during 1941. Who's Who in Amsrica describes Owen Lattimore as an editor and university professor. He was born in Washington, D. Cs, July 29, 1900, his parents being David and Margaret (Barnes) Lattimore. He attended business echool in Cumberland, Maryland, from 1915 te 1919. In 1920 he went to China where he engaged in business for himself, In 1921 he was engaged in newspaper work in Tientein, China, and from 1922 to 1926 he was in business with Arnhold and Company, Ltd, in Mentein and Peking, China. Since 1926 he has engaged oh, travel and writing. He graduated from Harvard Univeraity in 1929, and following his =. Gpptatton did research in Mancimria under the Social Science Research Couneil until gd.——He was employed by the Harvard-Yenching Institute in Peking during 1931. He bats worked for the J. S. Guggenheim Hemorial Foundation doing field work in ur, Rosen Mongolia from 1931 to 1933. In 193) and 1935 he was Editermin-Ghief of eee "Pacific Affairs" for the Institute of Pacific Relations. He was subse- quently made a Director of the Walter Hines Page School of Inéammabtnnt! Relations at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Marylandy : 1 VA" i