Chiang Kai-shek’s Diplomats Abroad

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dc.contributor.author	Yee-Wah Foo
dc.title	Chiang Kai-shek’s Diplomats Abroad. Ambassador Fu Bingchang’s perspective at the first United Nations Peace Conference in 1946 with reference to the ‘Iran Crisis’
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dc.description.abstract	On 21 December 1945 General Chiang Kai-shek authorised Fu Bingchang, his ambassador in Moscow, to attend the forthcoming 1946 UN Peace Conference in London. Two weeks later, after Fu advised Stalin that he was to attend the conference, Stalin asked Fu to liaise with his leading delegate, A.J. Vyshinsky, and stated further that if the Chinese delegates would cooperate it would be advantageous for both countries. To Fu, the undertone was obvious. Keen to keep Soviet support for Chiang Kai-shek’s government on the eve of China’s civil war, and the emerging Cold War, Fu had every intention of taking Stalin’s advice seriously. But when Iran filed a complaint to the UN accusing the Soviets of continuing their troop presence in Iran as an excuse to meddle in Iran’s internal affairs, the Chinese delegation faced a terrible dilemma. Using new and previously unseen records this conference paper uncovers, from a Chinese perspective, behind-the-scenes negotiating between the US, Soviet and Chinese delegates concerning Iran’s situation at the first UN Peace Conference.
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dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2017-04-02
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-12-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-127-0/chiang-kai-sheks-diplomats-abroad/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-126-3/SV-4-4
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dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9042
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-127-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-126-3
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dc.subject	Chiang Kai-shek
dc.subject	Chiang Kai-shek
dc.subject	Foo Pingsheung
dc.subject	Foo Pingsheung
dc.subject	Fu Bingchang
dc.subject	Fu Bingchang
dc.subject	Iran Crisis
dc.subject	Iran Crisis
dc.subject	United Nations Peace Conference
dc.subject	United Nations Peace Conference

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Chiang Kai-shek’s Diplomats Abroad

Ambassador Fu Bingchang’s perspective at the first United Nations Peace Conference in 1946 with reference to the ‘Iran Crisis’

Foo Yee-Wah The University of Lincoln, UK

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On 21 December 1945 General Chiang Kai-shek authorised Fu Bingchang, his ambassador in Moscow, to attend the forthcoming 1946 UN Peace Conference in London. Two weeks later, after Fu advised Stalin that he was to attend the conference, Stalin asked Fu to liaise with his leading delegate, A.J. Vyshinsky, and stated further that if the Chinese delegates would cooperate it would be advantageous for both countries. To Fu, the undertone was obvious. Keen to keep Soviet support for Chiang Kai-shek’s government on the eve of China’s civil war, and the emerging Cold War, Fu had every intention of taking Stalin’s advice seriously. But when Iran filed a complaint to the UN accusing the Soviets of continuing their troop presence in Iran as an excuse to meddle in Iran’s internal affairs, the Chinese delegation faced a terrible dilemma. Using new and previously unseen records this conference paper uncovers, from a Chinese perspective, behind-the-scenes negotiating between the US, Soviet and Chinese delegates concerning Iran’s situation at the first UN Peace Conference.

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Keywords: United Nations Peace Conference • Chiang Kai-shek • Foo Pingsheung • Iran Crisis • Fu Bingchang

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