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Wr ¢ amc -]- NY 10094061 IC Mr. KOHLBERG advised that in 1943 he was chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China and as such he made a trip to China to investigate the financing of the work of the Cawmittee, On this trip Mr. KOHLBERG said he received information to the effect that the United States Lend Lease war materials were not being used by the Chinese Nationalists, but were being stored by them for use against the- Chinese Communists after the termination of the war with Japan, On April 4, 1950, ALFRED KOHLBERG, 1 West 37th Street, New York me was a" by Special Agent te Mr. KOHIBERG stated that this rumor was the basis for an in- dependent investigation by him, which resulted in his questioning Brigadier Cenera ARS, who was a menber of General STILI@ELL's staff in China and in charge of a Chinese infantry training school for General STILLWELL, Mre KOHIBERG questioned General ARMS concerning this rumor and the General told him © that as of that time the United States Government had not supplied any armament to the Chinese Nationalist Army, but that they were trying to supply the in- fantry snd artillery schools first with materials. When Mr, KOHLBERG returned to the United States he learned that the Institute of Pacific. Relations was "putting out" this same false propaganda about the hoarding of “‘armanents ‘by the Chinese Nationalists. Mre KOHLBERG stated that in 1944 he analyzed thea publications of the Institute of Pacific Relations for the prior seven years and he also read "New Masses" for the same seven year period. Mr. KOHLBERG said ke found the same "switches" in tha line relating to material and political matters. By way of illustration, he said that in 1935 the Communists adopted the United Front Policy Toward China ard from 1937 to 1939 they adopted a Trojan Horse Policy and gave a favorable picture of CHIANG KAI-SHEK, After the Soviet Nazi attack the Institute of Pacific Relations and the Communist Press were. hostile to CHIANG KAI-SHEK, but after the invasion of Russia by Germany in June, 1941, they were most praiseworthy of CHIANG KAI-SHEK, Mr. KOHLBERG said that an anonymous correspondent mailed him a onoy of the following letter dated June 15, 1943. REE PIN yl . yo ing es ame i tae setanie ailge ie aeL He ote men aah