/specialCollection/KoreanWar/DailyReports/1950/1950-07-14a.pdf

COMMUNIST CHINA’S ROLE A s it becomes more apparent that the fighting in Korea w h l be prolonged, the military capabilities of the Chinese Com- mu.@sts, as-well as Soviet intentiDIls regarding the. use of these capabil€t€es,provide the principal key to the outcome of the action:against Korea, Hong ineseCommunist invasion of .to permit a North Korean mmunist-forces Chinese Communist troops in Korea would Communist prestige, as opposed to that of the USSR, would be en- hanced; and Peiping might b...