he will moved to southwest of chongqing to setup the new school. there's another guy you might've heard of by the name of evans carlson, united states or in -- marine corps. according to some in the united states marine corps, he was just a communist. as a captain, he is in charge of fdr's security detachment down in georgia. when he gets done with his time there, he gets the opportunity to ask ask the president for the next assignment. he says, i would love to go to china and i would like to see what the communist are doing. and so, captain carlson goes to china, meets with the ambassador and says, i would like to meet with the communist. what is the ambassador going to say, no? the president said he could go, he could go. he went up and wrote a book. and then there's a wonderful model called "once an eagle." anton meyer is a marine. he writes this book. there's a chapter in this book i a guy named matt damon. matt damon goes out and spends time with the communists. you can scratch out damon's name and write in carlton's name. it's essentially car

as an aside, when i was doing my dissertation research, i went out to chongqing with a friend and we met some chinese professors and one of them was doing a study. one of the first things he asked me was, do you know how much money the united states said they would pay the chinese to build airfields. the chinese still think that we of the money to build the airfields to save their country. propaganda is propaganda. missed opportunities are four historians toher write about and make a lot of money on their books. i enjoyed it. i will stay after and answer any questions. [applause] [indistinct conversation] >> interested in american history tv. c-span.org.bsite you can preview upcoming programs and watch archival films and more. atrican history tv c-span.org/history. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's public cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your satellite or cable provider. tonight on the civil war, purdue university professor caroline at the disbanding of the army of virginia following general robert

they say they can save up to $1 billion moving production to chongqing.rs have tried. they have exported a few said and's. buick is a big brand in china. numbers.e 168,000 in 2016 alone. those numbers are down about 20%. those shift more to the suvs. savings looking at cost to offset. >> they learned from tesla saying they are close to reaching a deal to halt production as well. >> certainly seems that maybe it is the start of a trend. there is not a backlash. the president is going to weigh in. >> he has not commented about this. he did excoriate ford. mark fields move to mexico to build the focus. the new ceo is going to ship to mexico because of those cost savings. of course the commerce secretary saying the chongqing plan shows how good the companies are in terms of geography. also ford commented on the potential threat for the trump administration during that border tax. thatsay they still believe cost savings will offset that. they have been a global manufacturer for many years. these are state-of-the-art modern plans like anywhere else in the world