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THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY USA 7O COMMUNISM IN CHINA This is a 75 page document (excluding sources and bibliography) prepared in October, 1949, by the Bureau's Central Research Section, The greatezt part of the informa- tion fa taken from various public source materia! and such authors as Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Joseph Starobdin, Willian Z. Foster, Frederick ¥. Pield, Bari Browder, aad other american pro-Conmunist and pro-Soviet writers and many pro- Communist and pro~Soriet poblications including the Daily Worker, However, information was set forth on page 67 attributed in one place to “a highly confidential source” and in another place to “a reliable informant.” It is believed that these sources were adequately concealed aad even if the document vere made available to the Communist Party, USA, the identity ef the sources could not be determined. (®) fhe docunent was distributed to the Attorney General, Secretary of State and various ether individuals in the iatelli- community in the United States, Sa neenneipay nents rover g arr perTen Philby’s ledge ef this document + #8 poted, consisted almost in its entirety ef material taken from various writers aad publicatious would have bad no effect on the Bureau's operations at that tine sor could it conceivably have any effect en the Bureau's operations ‘oan