| American China Policy Association (ACPA) | |
| Formation: | 1946 January 1950 |
| Extinction: | late 1950s? |
| Founder: | J. B. Powell, Helen Loomis |
| Founding Location: | New York City |
| Vat Id: | (for European organizations) --> |
| Headquarters: | New York City |
| Location: | 1 West 37th Street |
| Leader Title: | ChairmanPresident |
| Leader Name: | Alfred Kohlberg |
| Leader Title2: | President |
| Leader Name2: | J. B. Powell, Clare Booth Luce, William Loeb III |
| Leader Title3: | Vice President |
| Leader Name3: | Helen Loomis |
| Board Of Directors: | Alfred Kohlberg, Freda Utley, Irene Corbally Kuhn, Max Eastman, Walter H. Judd, William R. Johnson, Isaac Don Levine, David Prescott Barrows, William Henry Chamberlin, George Creel, Roscoe Pound |
| Key People: | Alfred Kohlberg |
| Affiliations: | Plain Talk magazine, American Jewish League Against Communism |
The American China Policy Association (ACPA) was an anti-communist organization that supported the government of Republic of China, now commonly referred to as Taiwan, under Chiang Kai-shek.[1] [2]
On July 17, 1946,[2] J. B. Powell, correspondent, and Helen Loomis, missionary teacher, founded the American China Policy Association (ACPA). Alfred Kohlberg, a leader in the China Lobby joined as chairman[3] shortly thereafter to promote American interests by promoting the Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang as a counter to Soviet and Chinese Communist support.[1] (Another source says that Kohlberg established ACPA.[2])
In 1947, co-founder J. B. Powell died, succeeded by Clare Booth Luce (wife of Henry R. Luce) as president for one year, then by newspaper publisher William Loeb III.[1]
In 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party seized full control of mainland China and established the People's Republic of China, the ACPA accused the United States Department of State of "losing China." ACPA supported its allegations with copious literature: letters, pamphlets, brochures, press releases, and book reviews. Kohlberg's name went on most of those publications.[1]
ACPA obtained two US Army intelligence reports, which it reproduced via "photolithography" and made available to the press; these documents showed numerous errors and omissions by the State Department.[2]
Directly and through ACPA, Kohlberg criticized US President Harry S. Truman and US Secretary of State George C. Marshall.[2]
During the Korean War, ACPA advocacy "effectively changed" America's orientation with regard to Communist China.[1]
ACPA's board of directors included:
Another person associated with ACPA was Edna Lonigan.[2]