[2] The retired brigadier general Evans Carlson publicly supported the committee, and progressive China hands such as Edgar Snow were active in it.
[1] After Anna Louise Strong fell out with the Soviet Communist Party in 1949 over her support of Mao Zedong's nationalist movement, the CDEFP led the fight against her rehabilitation, perhaps due to CPUSA pressure.
[1] In November 1952 Russell wrote to the last CDFEP members, The Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy is no longer in existence, after completing seven full years of activity geared toward informing and mobilizing American public opinion on the issues of our country's relationships with the Far East.
Its work has served to pave the way for the current emphasis on Far Eastern policy, which many organizations now make a major part of their action programs.
I propose to continue writing and to make available as widely as possible facts and analyses by other writers on developments in the Far East which touch upon the interests of the American people.