Question
A member of this mission named Raymond Luddens wrote a glowing report that was promptly ignored by ambassador Patrick J. Hurley. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this mission which arrived in Yán’ān (“yen-AHN”) in 1944. John S. Service, a member of this mission, was purged from the State Department after being accused of treason in Joseph McCarthy’s Wheeling speech.
ANSWER: Dixie Mission [or United States Army Observation Group; or Díkèxī Shǐtuán; or Měijūn Guānchá Zǔ]
[10m] Hurley had this person recalled from China for his threats to revoke Lend-Lease privileges to the Nationalists. This general, who derisively called Chiang Kai-shek “Peanut,” feuded with Claire Chennault (“shen-NOLT”).
ANSWER: Joseph Stilwell [or Joseph Warren Stilwell; prompt on “Vinegar Joe”]
[10e] In parallel with the Dixie Mission, this politician went on a mission to broker peace between the Nationalists and Communists. He’s more famous for a plan which sent billions of dollars to rebuild postwar Europe.
ANSWER: George Marshall [or George Catlett Marshall Jr.]
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
Data
| Illinois A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Toronto A | North Carolina A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rutgers | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia State | Waterloo B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |