Ep. 117 | John Service (Part 3)
This week’s episode runs way into overtime but at least we’re getting through to the end of 1944. The Dixie Mission is in full swing by the end of that year. John Service has established himself in Washington circles as one of the most informed and dynamic China hands.
But there are those who don’t welcome his glowing reports of the Communists and damning news about the Nationalist government. As WWII enters its final year, new battle lines are being drawn that will pit pro-Communist against anti-Communist and this battle will ultimately lead to the Cold War.
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hurley | - | Succeeded Clarence Gauss as Ambassador to China during the latter half of the War |
| Andrew Roth | - | Will feature prominently in Part 4. He introduced Jack service to a lot of people |
| Brooks Atkinson | - | Former writer for the New York Times |
| Chen Yi | 陈毅 | One of Mao’s generals and another key person in PRC history |
| Chengdu | 成都 | Capital of Sichuan province, birthplace of John Service |
| Chiang Kai-shek | 蒋介石 | KMT leader, military strongman and wartime president of China |
| Chongqing | 重庆 | Municipality in China that once was part of Sichuan. Served as the wartime capital of China after the Nationalists were chased out of Nanjing and Hankou. |
| Chuck Hagel | - | USA Defense Secretary |
| Clarence Gauss | - | Long-serving US diplomat in China. Appointed ambassador to China (in Chungking) during the the early war years. Resigned in disgust at the firing of Stilwell. |
| Col. David Barrett | - | Long serving US military man in China, headed the Dixie Mission |
| FDR | - | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer | - | Replaced Stilwell as commander of US forces in China |
| Goutong | 沟通 | Communication |
| Harry Hopkins | - | One of Roosevelt’s closest advisors |
| Heimingdan | 黑名单 | Black List |
| Henry Luce | - | China-born publisher of two of the most influential American magazines of their day, Time and Life. Chiang Kai-shek’s most valuable supporter in the US. |
| Henry Wallace | - | FDR’s Vice President, led the Wallace Mission |
| Ji Chaoding | - | Lived upstairs from Service and Adler, a CCP propagandist and mole in Chongqing |
| Jiang Qing | 江青 | Mao’s last wife who came to Yan’an in 1937 |
| Jiaoliu | 交流 | Dialog |
| John Carter Vincent | - | Another China Hand and Foreign Service officer based in DC |
| John Paton Davies | - | Childhood friend of John Service and fellow China Hand and Foreign Service officer |
| John Stewart Service | - | China Hand, Foreign Service officer |
| Joseph Stilwell | - | US Army Four-star general. A legend in his own time. The bete noir of Chiang Kai-shek. |
| Lauchlin Currie | - | A White House economic advisor and aide-de-camp to Franklin Roosevelt |
| Li Dazhao | 李大钊 | Former CCP founder along with Chen Duxiu (陈独秀） |
| Lin Biao | 林彪 | One of Mao’s generals and another key person in PRC history |
| Lin Zuhan | 林祖涵 | Also called Lin Boqu (林伯渠). Early CCO member who flew up to Yan’an with Hurley from Chongqing |
| Madame Chiang (Song Meiling) | 宋美龄 | Soong Mei-ling (Hurley called her Madame Shek!) |
| Sol Adler | - | U.S. Treasury Dept official, Jack Service’s roommate in Chongqing, later accused of being a Soviet spy |
| T.V. Soong | 宋子文 | Brother of Madame Chiang and an all round KMT stalwart and CKS aide |
| Tai Li (Dai Li) | 戴笠 | Called China’s Himmler…. He was Chiang Kai-shek’s chief of secret police |
| Theodore White | 白修德 | Immortal American writer, historian and journalist. Got the word out to American about the Henan Famine. |
| Tongchuang Yimeng | 同床异梦 | Same bed but different dreams |
| Xi Jinping | 习近平 | CCP Party Decretary and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman |
| Ye Jianying | 叶剑英 | One of Mao’s generals and a key person in PRC history |
| Zhu De | 朱德 | Mao’s earliest comrade and PLA Founder |
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