George Marshall didn't betray Chiang until AFTER World War Two [although Molotov was feeding disinformation to Hurley during the war].
Chang & Halliday have an entire chapter on it, called "Saved by Washington" [i.e. Mao saved by Washington], covering the period 1944 to 1947.
Our ALLIES were the Communists
No, in China, our allies were supposed to be the Kuomintang, led by Chiang.
But after WWII, Chiang was betrayed by Marshall & the State Department:
George C. Marshall - Post War: China and Secretary of State
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Marshall#Post_War:_China_and_Secretary_of_State...In December 1945, Truman sent Marshall to China to broker a coalition government between the Communists under Mao Zedong and America's Nationalist allies under Chiang Kai-shek. Marshall had no leverage over the Communists, but threatened to withdraw American aid essential to the Nationalists. Both sides rejected his proposals and the Chinese Civil War escalated, with the Communists winning in 1949. His mission a failure, he returned to the United States in January 1947. As Secretary of State in 1947-48, Marshall seems to have disagreed with strong opinions in The Pentagon and State department that Chiang's success was vital to American interests, insisting that U.S. troops not become involved...
Patrick J. Hurley - China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_J._Hurley#China...Throughout his tenure in China, Hurley felt that his efforts were being undermined by State Department officials, principally John Stewart Service and John Paton Davies in China, and John Carter Vincent in Washington, who he felt were unduly sympathetic to the Communist forces led by Mao Zedong...
Right.
"Today's" date is August 2, 1938.
The issue under discussion is US "CIA" support for Chi-Coms during the 1930s. I say it was totally insignificant, if it even existed.
Do you disagree?