Analysis of the Formulation of American Plan of Retreating from Tsingtao in 1949 -------On the Debate Among Departments within American Government

Tsingtao was not only the most important military point of the US in the Eastern Asia Mainland after WWII,but also the frontline resisting Soviet army located in Lvda. After the CCP controlled Shandong peninsula,the American force in Tsingtao depended on a thread. However,not only considering the harm of American withdrawing to the face of the US and the moral of KMT,but also for preserving American's interest in Tsingtao,American government did not immediately withdraw its force,but hesitated. The Military and the State Council could not reach agreement on this issue. The instructions to the American force in Tsingtao changed frequently. The withdrawing of the KMT Navy Training Base offered the excuse for American's withdrawing without losing face,and America began to reduce the military force in Tsingtao. But American did not completely withdraw the military force until the PLA seized hold of Nanking and Shanghai.

Tsingtao was not only the most important military point of the US in the Eastern Asia Mainland after WWII ,but also the frontline resisting Soviet army located in Lvda. After the CCP controlled Shandong peninsula, the American force in Tsingtao depended on a thread. However, not only considering the harm of American withdrawing to the face of the US and the moral of KMT, but also for preserving American＇ s interest in Tsingtao, American government did not immediately withdraw its force, but hesitated. The Military and the State Council could not reach agreement on this issue. The instructions to the American force in Tsingtao changed frequendy. The withdrawing of the KNIT Navy Training Base offered the excuse for American＇ s withdrawing without losing face, and America began to reduce the military force in Tsingtao. But American did not completely withdraw the military force until the PLA seized hold of Nanking and Shanghai.