 The Dixie Mission had consequences for individuals , and for the nation . Many participants were accused of being communists , such as John Davies and John Service . Both were subjected to multiple Congressional investigations that consistently found that they were not Communist Party members , agents of foreign powers , or disloyal to the United States . This did not spare Service from termination at the State Department . He appealed this decision and ultimately the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in his favor . Davies was exiled from China , his field of expertise , by Hurley . Then he was hounded from a position in Russia to an inconsequential post in South America . Davies resigned that position and began manufacturing furniture . Hurley accused Colonel David Barrett of sabotaging his diplomacy with the KMT and the CPC . He succeeded in preventing Barrett from promotion to brigadier general , even though Barrett 's promotion was endorsed by the theater commander , General Albert C. Wedemeyer . Barrett was retained in the China Theater , but placed in an inferior position . 
