During the early days of World War II, Price was associated with the Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency) [REF].
Following the war, Price remained in China to support the United States ambassador, General Patrick Hurley, and later General George C. Marshall as they tried to negotiate a coalition government that would prevent a bloody civil war between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist forces and Mao Zedong's communists.