Hmmm. I don't think it's controversial among anti-Communist sources today. I read an article online somewhere conservative and credible, like American Thinker or TownHall. In print, I think Eddie Rickenbacker mentions it in his autobiography from 1967. Does it come up in the Venona transcripts? I haven't read those. I'll see what I find in my files; I probably saved it.
The bad actors in the U.S. were in the State Department.
I’ve never read where we favored Mao over The General and Madam financially in any way
I’d like to see that
I’m gonna ping two folks smarter than me
If I’m wrong I’ll admit it
It happens a few times a year and I am humble about it
I can’t quarrel much with the rest of your original post but that second paragraph about China caught my eye