The American Observation Group travelled to Yanan to investigate the military and political power of the Chinese Communist Party to determine if the U.S. should establish official relations. The trip, known as the Dixie Mission, took place between July 1944 until March 1947. Pictured in front row from left to right, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai, David Barrett, Zhu De, John Service, unidentified Chinese official. In the back row are unidentified Chinese officers and Dixie Mission members.
Source of Descriptive Information
Alexander, B. (1992). The triumph of China: The middle kingdom's long march from degradation to world power in the twentieth century. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Available at http://bevinalexander.com/china/27-dixie-mission.htm
