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Chronicle (Levin), 10 August 1949, Page 5

Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. LOXDOX, August 9. The Chinese Communists have not 3'et made up their minds whether they will eooperate with the West for economic reasons or align themselves eompletely with Soviet Russia, -whatever may be the consequenees, says tlie Manchester Guardian's Hong Ivoug correspondent, reviewing the preseut politieul situation in Chiua. There are two schools of thought on this question, aniong the upper Chinese Communist heirarchy, says the corres- ' pondent. Advocates of modified co j operation with the West are headed by I Chou En Lai who was for a consider- ' able time chief Communist representative in Chungking. Rupporters of complete cooperation with Russia are led by Liu Shao Ohi, one of the early fonnders of the Chinese Communist j Party and one of the "big five" who at present direct its policy. For the moment the Communist military leader, Mao Tse Tung, remains outside this conflict possibly waiting to see which party becoiues the stronger. An important and influential group are the Chinese Communist Generals, some of whom weild tremendous power. They have not all declared themselves, but several are known to take the line that they have not spent the last 20 years in fighting foreign imperialsm in order to compromise now with llpssian imperialism.