Forwarded herewith without comment are all pertinent reports recently prepared by Mr. John S. Service, former political advisor at this Headquarters. Headings include: recent expansion of communist military forces; the communist estimate of Japanese strategy; probable inability of the Kuomintang to contest communist control of Manchuria; the communist attitude toward American support of Chiang Kai-Shek; the present communist attitude toward the central government - preliminary report; conversation with Mao Tse-tung; Chinese communist expectations in regard to Soviet participation in Far Eastern war; communist views in regard to Sinkiang; communist views in regard to Mongolia; policy of the Chinese communists toward the problem of national minorities; plans for relief and rehabilitation organization of the communist liberated areas; verification of communist territorial claims by direct American observation; establishment of unified labor and women's organizations for the communist liberated areas; communist report of Kuomintang "exile" government organizations for the Shen-Kan-Ning border region; Yen Hsi-shan's dealings with the Japanese; Chiang Kai-shek's treatment of the Kwangsi clique; recent appointments by the Generalissimo contradictory to announced intentions of peaceful settlement of internal issues; contact between the Chinese communists and Moscow; policy to be adopted by communist congress - conversation with Mao Tse-tung and other communist leaders; and conversation with communist leaders. The document also contains two maps of China's war resistance in the rear of the enemy.

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