The United States maintained a more openly friendly attitude toward its Chinese allies than did the British, too many of whom veered between affable detachment and contempt, although some were sympathetic. Yet Chinese requests for a presence on the joint Allied boards and committees, or for a joint ABCD (American-British-Chinese-Dutch) military staff based in Chongqing, were not taken up.16 This was in part because of justified fears that the Chinese headquarters would leak intelligence, but overall neither the British nor the Americans treated Chiang as a true equal, nor China as a theater of
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