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Asian Studies: China
General George C. Marshall's Mission to
China, 1945-1947
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1945-1947
Content
56,741 images
Product Number
15896122
Product Code
GDSC-104
The mission of General George C. Marshall (1880-1959) to prevent the renewal of the Chinese
civil war and, as a consequence, the growth of Soviet influence must be viewed in the context
of the emerging Cold War as well as that of American perceptions of China that go back to
the Open Door days. This collection comprises the full set of records held by the National
Archives in the State Department’s Lot File 54 D 270 and is subdivided into six parts: War
Department records; Records of the Marshall Mission relating to Political Affairs; Records of
the Marshall Mission relating to Military Affairs; Records of the Division of Chinese Affairs;
Records of John Carter Vincent; and, Marshall’s Report.
Original Microform Title: Complete Records of the Mission of General George C. Marshall to China
German Foreign Relations and Military
Activities in China 1919-1935
Source
National Archives (U.S.)
Period
1919-1935
Content
18,735 images
Product Number
16104850
Product Code
GDSC-147
This collection provides documentation on Germany’s relationswith China during the interwar
period. The Chinese urgency to modernize the military and its national defense industry,
coupled with Germany’s need for a stable supply of raw materials, put the two countries on
the road of close relations from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Although intense cooperation
lasted only from the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 to the start of the war with Japan in
1937, and concrete measures at industrial reform started in earnest only in 1936, it had a
profound effect on Chinese modernization and the capability of the Chinese to resist the
Japanese in the war.