传教士对共产党的印象和评价是十分重要的，它对于美国外交政策和国内公众舆论有着特别的影响。一方面，传教上活动在乡村，与其他美国人相比，与共产党有更广泛的接触，因而他们成为美国驻华官员获取关于共产党情报的主要来源；另一方面，传教士不断地向国内寄发各种信件，包 Missionaries’ impression and evaluation of the Communist Party is very important, and it has a special impact on U.S. foreign policy and domestic public opinion. On the one hand, missionary activities are in rural areas and have wider contacts with the Communists than other Americans, and as such they became the main source of information about the Communist Party held by U.S. officials in China; on the other hand, missionaries constantly sent home Send a variety of letters, packages