Word: britisher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happened to a British diplomat in the 19th Century, a wrathful government would have sent a couple of His Majesty's gunboats to teach the offenders a lesson. But it happened to a U.S. diplomat in the 20th Century, and the U.S., so far, has managed to do next to nothing...
...State Department wants to recognize the Chinese Communists. It would like to do so in concert with the British, who hope that by establishing "normal" relations with Red China they can safeguard Hong Kong, along with their other colonial and commercial interests in the Far East. But, unexpectedly, Secretary of State Dean Acheson has run into stiff opposition from President Truman...
Harry Truman has decided, somewhat belatedly, that he doesn't like the Chinese Communists. The President expressed his views recently when Acheson suggested that U.S. warships join British warships in breaking the Chinese Nationalist blockade of Communist ports, which interferes with Western trade. Said the President: let the Nationalists first see if they can make their blockade stick. Furthermore, let the Communists prove they can control China or gain the support of the Chinese people...
...State Department now expects the British, with India and Australia in tow, to recognize the Chinese Communists before year's end. The British suggested that they would consider withholding recognition only if the U.S. promised to help them defend Hong Kong against a possible Communist attack; the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have come out flatly against such a U.S. commitment...
With the story by Sir Osbert Sitwell and James Mason in a lead part, this movie should have been a lot better than it is. The picture, an English export, would have done more for the reputation of British films had it remained within the sterling bloc...