George Atcheson, Jr.



George Atcheson, Jr. (1896－1947) US diplomat, China Hand, Charge de'affaire in China, advisor for Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. During World War II, he tried to mediate in the conflicts between Kuomingtang and Chinese Communist Party for US government but failed.

Atcheson, while serving as Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s political adviser and allied council chairman, died after the military flight he was on crashed en route to Washington, DC. He was heading there to discuss plans for a Japanese peace treaty.