1944年出版の新版の日本語訳。
“私は七年間中国に居住した後にはじめて共産党員に出会ったが、私自身は共産主義者ではなかったし、今でもそうではない。それ故本書は一方に偏した報告ではない。” (「日本版への序」、1946年2月の日付、本書2頁)
"Though it is generally accepted that he reported what he believed to be true, recent research argues that the text was edited and approved by Party officials." (Wikipedia, Red Star Over China)
→http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_Over_China
This remark is accompanied with the footnote 3, saying that it is based upon Anne-Marie Brady: Making the Foreign Serve China: Managing Foreigners in the People's Republic (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003).
Let's check it out!
(筑摩書房 1971年6月初版第25刷)