Harry Truman actually said...

The Chinese Communists are those people who believe in government from the top-the totalitarian state.

In an endeavor to assist the Chiang Kai-shek government to meet the situation with which it was confronted.

The question was that maybe the questioners were using the word 'Communist' in an entirely different sense than the one in which I am talkin...

If he asks to see the President, of course I will be courteous to him.